英语词汇“a bone to pick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) a bone to pick (also †gnaw) and variants: (originally) a matter or undertaking requiring close attention or concentration; a problem to be considered or resolved; (later chiefly) an issue to be discussed or settled between two or more parties; a matter of dispute; frequently (now chiefly) in to have a bone to pick (with a person).

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem

knotc1000

a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450

dark, hard sentence1535

nut1540

Gordian knot1579

nodus1728

teaser1759

stumper1807

Chinese puzzlec1815

facer1828

sticker1849

grueller1856

stumbler1863

twister1879

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 172 Y tolde yow now right wel a fyn When ye had sene parcas ye neuyr saw It myght wel happe yow fynde a bon to gnaw.

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 129^v A bone for you to picke on.

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 12^v Some Archeplayer..will cast mee a bone or two to pick.

a1605 (c1422) T. Hoccleve Complaint (Durh.) l. 398 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 109 He [sc. God] me gave a bone on for to knaw[e], me to correcte and of hym to have awe.

1647 J. Lilburne Oppressed Mans Oppress. (title page) There is thrown unto Tho. Edwards, the Author of the 3. Vlcerous Gangrænes, a bone or two to pick.

1703 Sir Giddy Whim iii. 42 I'll engage to throw 'em such a Bone to pick shall make their Eye-teeth crack.

1766 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 12 Feb. Squintum has said, The Devil had, a bone to picke with Footé.

1817 National Advocate (N.Y.) 3 Oct. Canada would be no longer..a bone to pick between England and America.

1850 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. ii. 103 Many a ‘bone’ in these lectures which a keen metaphysician would be disposed to ‘pick’ with the author.

1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. iv. 52 I consider that I have got a bone to pick with Providence about that nose.

1941 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 65 78 The merchants for their part had a bone to pick with the customs office.

2001 P. Burston Shameless xiii. 175 I've got a bone to pick with Neil.

单词	a bone to pick
释义	> as lemmas a bone to pick (also †gnaw) (a) a bone to pick (also †gnaw) and variants: (originally) a matter or undertaking requiring close attention or concentration; a problem to be considered or resolved; (later chiefly) an issue to be discussed or settled between two or more parties; a matter of dispute; frequently (now chiefly) in to have a bone to pick (with a person). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem knotc1000 a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450 dark, hard sentence1535 nut1540 Gordian knot1579 nodus1728 teaser1759 stumper1807 Chinese puzzlec1815 facer1828 sticker1849 grueller1856 stumbler1863 twister1879 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 172 Y tolde yow now right wel a fyn When ye had sene parcas ye neuyr saw It myght wel happe yow fynde a bon to gnaw. 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 129^v A bone for you to picke on. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 12^v Some Archeplayer..will cast mee a bone or two to pick. a1605 (c1422) T. Hoccleve Complaint (Durh.) l. 398 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 109 He [sc. God] me gave a bone on for to knaw[e], me to correcte and of hym to have awe. 1647 J. Lilburne Oppressed Mans Oppress. (title page) There is thrown unto Tho. Edwards, the Author of the 3. Vlcerous Gangrænes, a bone or two to pick. 1703 Sir Giddy Whim iii. 42 I'll engage to throw 'em such a Bone to pick shall make their Eye-teeth crack. 1766 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 12 Feb. Squintum has said, The Devil had, a bone to picke with Footé. 1817 National Advocate (N.Y.) 3 Oct. Canada would be no longer..a bone to pick between England and America. 1850 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. ii. 103 Many a ‘bone’ in these lectures which a keen metaphysician would be disposed to ‘pick’ with the author. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. iv. 52 I consider that I have got a bone to pick with Providence about that nose. 1941 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 65 78 The merchants for their part had a bone to pick with the customs office. 2001 P. Burston Shameless xiii. 175 I've got a bone to pick with Neil. extracted from bonen.¹ < as lemmas
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