axe to grind

A selfish or ulterior aim: He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an axe to grind.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
SÜLeyman	suyl-ay-MAHN	Turkish
Nikola (1)	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Basque, Medieval Slavic
Scott	SKAHT	English, Scottish
Bryson	['braisn]
Markuss	-	Latvian
Germogen	-	Russian