When we speak of something being “a bone of contention,” we mean that it is like a bone over which two dogs are disputing. Similarly, when we have “ a bone to pick ” with anyone we are alluding to the possibility of trouble when two dogs try to pick the same bone. A person who “ makes no bones about it ” is, perhaps, one who makes so little fuss about his food that he eats it, bones ana ail,
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 192, 14 August 1931, Page 14
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77Page 14 Advertisements Column 3 Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 192, 14 August 1931, Page 14
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