bone to pick
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But they’ve got another bone to pick with Holden Caulfield: He is being used as a prop by performative men to impress those around him.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Since the dawn of his career, Eastwick has had more than one bone to pick with evolutionary psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
For Phillips though, there is a little bone to pick.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Last year, Ripple Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse had a bone to pick with banks, saying they had shut him and his industry out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
‘Glad indeed I am to see you safe back. But I’ve a bone to pick with you, in a manner o’ speaking, if I may make so bold.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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