BONE TO PICK

Domain	Definition
Literature	Bone to pick (A). A sop to Cerberus. A lucrative appointment given to a troublesome opponent in order to silence him. Thus Chisholm Anstey was sent to Hong-Kong as a judge to keep him away from the House of Commons Of course the allusion is to throwing a bone to a dog barking at you. "In those days the usual plan to get rid to an oratorical patriot in the House was to give him `a bone to pick.' "- Anthony Collins. I have a bone to pick with you. An unpleasant matter to settle with you. At the marriage banquets of the Sicilian poor, the bride's father, after the meal, used to hand the bridegroom a bone, saying, "Pick this bone, for you have taken in hand a much harder task." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: BONE TO PICK

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Difficulty	Nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point; vexed question, vexata quaestio, poser; puzzle; (riddle); paradox; hard nut to crack, nut to crack; bone to pick,
Discord	Verb: be discordant; Adjective: disagree, come amiss; clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another; live like cat and dog; differ; dissent; have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with.
	Subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli; question at issue; (subject of inquiry); vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord.
Resentment	Affront, provocation, offense; indignity; (insult); grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli; ill turn, outrage.
Revenge	Have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a bone to pick, have a rod in pickle.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: BONE TO PICK

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Modern Translation: BONE TO PICK

Language		Translations for "BONE TO PICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		mít otevřené úèty s (have a bone to pick with). (various references)

Hungarian		elszámolnivalója van vkivel (have a bone to pick with sy), elintéznivalója van vkivel (have a bone to pick with sy, have business with sy). (various references)

Pig Latin		onebay otay ickpay

Portuguese		ter um motivo para discutir (a bone to pick). (various references)

Romanian		avea ceva de împãrţit cu cineva (have a bone to pick with smb.). (various references)

Russian		сводить счеты (have a bone to pick). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		raspraviti (discuss, have a bone to pick, settle). (various references)

Spanish		un motivo para discutir (a bone to pick). (various references)

Thai		มีเรื่องโต้แย้งกับบางคน (have a bone to pick with someone). (various references)

Turkish		paylaşacak kozu olmak (have a bone to pick with smb., have a crow to pluck, have a rod in pickle for smb.). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: BONE TO PICK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-k-n-o-o-p-t"
	-3 letters: biotope, coontie, entopic, eobiont, kenotic, ketonic, nepotic.
	-4 letters: beckon, beknot, betook, bonito, bookie, bootie, cookie, cootie, incept, inkpot, noetic, notice, octopi, option, pectin, picket, pocket, poetic, pointe, potion.
	-5 letters: beton, biont, boite, cento, conte, conto, coopt, copen, eikon, enoki, inept, koine, netop, ontic, opine, optic, pekin, picot, pinko, pinot, pinto, piton, point, ponce.
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Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Ladies, I have a bone to pick with you. (She Spies; writing credit: Ron Osborn; Josh Appelbaum)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Or you will have a bone to pick with Cosette.
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Specialty Definition: BONE TO PICK

Expressions using "BONE TO PICK": A bone to pick ♦ have a bone to pick ♦ have a bone to pick with ♦ have a bone to pick with smb.. Additional references.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
bone to pick	3
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