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
Machlah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Nikifor	-	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Florent	-	French
Cobus	KO-bus	Dutch
Wum	WUM	Limburgish
Adrianus	ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus	Dutch