Bone to pick
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A disagreeable matter to settle with somebody. usually
""I say, Winthrop," he cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you. You've been hitting me pretty hard in that rag of yours. Do you know what a public man down in the Gulf States does with an editor who attacks him?""
Example
More examples""I say, Winthrop," he cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you. You've been hitting me pretty hard in that rag of yours. Do you know what a public man down in the Gulf States does with an editor who attacks him?""