have an axe to grind

to have a strong opinion about something, which you are often trying to persuade other people is correct As a novelist, he has no political axe to grind.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Clemente	kle-MEN-te (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Anett	AW-net	Hungarian
Paz	[pa:z]
Clement	KLE-mənt	English
Alondra	ah-LON-drah	Spanish
Aage	-	Danish, Norwegian