"I have a bone to pick with you," he said.
There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the morning.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
crow to pick — See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK … Dictionary of American idioms
crow to pick — See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK … Dictionary of American idioms
crow to pick — phrasal see crow to pull … Useful english dictionary
crow — crow1 /kroh/, n. 1. any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America. 2. any of several… … Universalium
crow to pull — phrasal or crow to pluck or crow to pick 1. : a fault to find no crow to pull with him 2. : a disagreeable or embarrassing matter to settle brothers with a c … Useful english dictionary
pick — See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK … Dictionary of American idioms
pick — See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK … Dictionary of American idioms
pick — See: bone to pick or crow to pick … Словарь американских идиом
Crow — Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crow blackbird — Crow Crow, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
