i've got a bone to pick with you

i've got a bone to pick with you
I've got a bone to pick with you
If somebody says this, they mean that they have some complaint to make against the person they are addressing.

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  • i've got a bone to pick with you —    If somebody says this, they mean that they have some complaint to make against the person they are addressing.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • I've got a bone to pick with you —   If somebody says this, they mean that they have some complaint to make against the person they are addressing …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • bone to pick with someone —    If you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed with them and want to talk to them about it.     Mark wants to see the boss. He says he s got a bone to pick with him …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • have a bone to pick with someone — informal phrase to want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you I’ve got a bone to pick with you. Thesaurus: to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry: bone * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a bone to pick with someone — informal to want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you I ve got a bone to pick with you …   English dictionary

  • bone — bone1 [ boun ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton: She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones. He was thin,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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