| 单词 | pick holes in something or someone |
| 释义 | (idiom) Synonyms find fault carp He has many detractors who carp at his old-fashioned style. criticize His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children. get at nag quibble Let's not quibble. cavil This is not the time to cavil about petty details. pick to pieces Additional synonymsin the sense of carp Definition to complain or find fault He has many detractors who carp at his old-fashioned style. Synonyms find fault, complain, beef (slang), criticize, nag, censure, reproach, quibble, cavil, pick holes, kvetch (US, slang), hypercriticize, nit-pick (informal) in the sense of cavil Definition to raise annoying petty objections This is not the time to cavil about petty details. Synonyms find fault, object, complain, beef (slang), carp, quibble, kvetch (US, slang), hypercriticize, nit-pick (informal) in the sense of criticize Definition to find fault with His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children. Synonyms find fault with, censure, disapprove of, knock (informal), blast, pan (informal), condemn, slam (slang), flame (informal), carp, put down, slate (informal), have a go (at) (informal), throw shade (at) (slang), disparage, tear into (informal), diss (slang), nag at, lambast(e), roast (informal), pick holes in, excoriate (literary), pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, animadvert on or upon, pass strictures upon, nit-pick (informal) Nearby words of |
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