have a bone to pick
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Man’s best friend appears to have a bone to pick with U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
“I have a bone to pick with you,” Palin said, lightly.
From Slate
On the chance that he does, I have a bone to pick with him – less cosmic, but something that speaks volumes about his probity and fitness for office.
From Salon
Look, I know it’s futile to have a bone to pick with Joe Manchin, a person who has stuck around in the Senate to fulfill this exact flavor of vanity: a desire to appear on television and be nonspecifically “troubled” by various avenues of the Democrats.
From Slate
But, for this reason alone, I have a bone to pick with garlic salt.
From Salon
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