She picked the apples over and threw out the bad ones.
We hurried to the big sale, but we were late and everything had already been picked over.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
pick over — ► pick over (or pick through) sort through (a number of items) carefully. Main Entry: ↑pick … English terms dictionary
pick over — (something) to examine a group of things carefully. The boss picked over every word in Kelley s memo. She picked the strawberries over, selecting the largest ones … New idioms dictionary
pick over — verb separate or remove The customer picked over the selection • Syn: ↑sieve out • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑take, ↑select, ↑pick out • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
pick over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pick over : present tense I/you/we/they pick over he/she/it picks over present participle picking over past tense picked over past participle picked over 1) pick over something to examine a collection of… … English dictionary
pick over — PHRASAL VERB If you pick over a quantity of things, you examine them carefully, for example to reject the ones you do not want. [V P n (not pron)] Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream … English dictionary
pick over something — pick over (something) to examine a group of things carefully. The boss picked over every word in Kelley s memo. She picked the strawberries over, selecting the largest ones … New idioms dictionary
pick over the bones of something — phrase to examine something very carefully in order to find anything of value and keep it for yourself There wasn’t much left of the estate after the lawyers had picked over the bones. Thesaurus: to search for something or someonesynonym… … Useful english dictionary
pick over — {v.} To select the best of; look at and take what is good from; choose from. * /She picked the apples over and threw out the bad ones./ * /We hurried to the big sale, but we were late and everything had already been picked over./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pick over — {v.} To select the best of; look at and take what is good from; choose from. * /She picked the apples over and threw out the bad ones./ * /We hurried to the big sale, but we were late and everything had already been picked over./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pick over the bones of something — to examine something very carefully in order to find anything of value and keep it for yourself There wasn t much left of the estate after the lawyers had picked over the bones … English dictionary
