pick 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.

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pick 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.

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pick to pieces
See: PICK APART, PICK HOLES IN.
{v. phr.} To criticize harshly; find things wrong with; find fault with.
After the dance, the girls picked Susan apart.

They picked the play to pieces.

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pick 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.

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