pick a bone with
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If you feel a need to blame anyone, it’s most constructive to pick a bone with yourself.
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2019
“It would have been just as well to let a sleeping dog lie undisturbed,” advised Albert Goldberg, who never hesitated to pick a bone with L.A.’s most famous arts luminary of the time.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2016
One wavelet of Internet tributes paid to Mr. Bowie after his death on Sunday recalled a trip he took to a hotel room, in 1983, to pick a bone with MTV.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2016
Cheer thee up, old friend, cheer thee up, and pick a bone with us; here, wash the cobwebs from thy throat by a hearty draught from this flask.
From Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life by Thompson, George
"I will pick a bone with you with all my heart," said Albert; "and if you please, Doctor, I would ask some questions which seem not quite untimely."
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
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