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have a bone to pick with

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have a bone to pick with someone
something that you say when you want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you. I have a bone to pick with you. Did you eat that chocolate mousse I was saving for my tea?
See also: bone, pick


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I have a bone to pick with Wallace Shawn, whose work I much admire (Interview, by Hizabeth DiNovella, December issue).
MOORPARK - Paleontologists may have a bone to pick with city officials who have claimed ownership of the prehistoric mammoth fossil discovered at a construction site.
He thanked Leno for introducing him at Tuesday night's victory speech, before adding, ``But I have a bone to pick with you.
 
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