pick something to pieces
1pick something to pieces — informal phrase to mention all the bad features of something and make it seem generally bad She picked his proposal to pieces in front of the whole team. Thesaurus: to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym words used to describe criticismhyponym …
2pick something to pieces — pick/pull (someone/something) to pieces to criticize someone or something very severely, often in a way that is not fair. It s discouraging because every time I show him a bit of work I ve done he picks it to pieces …
3pick something to pieces — informal to mention all the bad features of something and make it seem generally bad She picked his proposal to pieces in front of the whole team …
4pick someone to pieces — pick/pull (someone/something) to pieces to criticize someone or something very severely, often in a way that is not fair. It s discouraging because every time I show him a bit of work I ve done he picks it to pieces …
5pick someone or something to pieces/shreds — pick (someone or something) to pieces/shreds : to study and criticize all of the parts of (someone or something) The media picked his personal life to pieces. Her ideas were picked to shreds by her coworkers. • • • Main Entry: ↑pick …
6pick someone or something to pieces — pick (someone or something) to pieces see ↑pick, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑piece …
7pick someone/something to pieces — (or apart) criticize someone or something severely and in detail …
8pull something to pieces — pick/pull (someone/something) to pieces to criticize someone or something very severely, often in a way that is not fair. It s discouraging because every time I show him a bit of work I ve done he picks it to pieces …
9pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… …
10pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… …
