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bone to pick, have a

bone to pick, have a

An unpleasant issue or grievance that needs discussion. For example, Concerning the room assignments, I have a bone to pick with you. This metaphoric term alludes to a dog worrying a bone. [Early 1500s]
See also: bone, have

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lysistrate-Ancient Greek
GrosvenorGROV-ə-nər, GROV-nərEnglish (Rare)
Shaquila-English (Rare)
Ritu-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
ZojaZOI-ah (Polish)Polish, Macedonian
BlankaBLAHN-kah (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian), BLAWN-kaw (Hungarian)Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian
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