bone\ to\ pick

bone\ to\ pick
• bone to pick
• crow to pick
n. phr. informal
A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about.
- Often used jokingly.

"I have a bone to pick with you," he said.

There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the morning.

Compare: bone of contention

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  • A bone to pick — Bone Bone (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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