pick a hole in someone's coat
pick a hole in someone's coat verb: to find fault with someone.
Verb
pick a hole in someone's coat (third-person singular simple present picks a hole in someone's coat, present participle picking a hole in someone's coat, simple past and past participle picked a hole in someone's coat)
- To find fault with someone.
- 'Sheartikins, they know I follow it to do it no good, unless they pick a hole in my Coat for lending you Money now and then, which is a greater Crime to my Conscience, Gentlemen, than to the Common-Wealth.1677, Aphra Behn, The Rover, or, the Banish't Cavaliers, page 8
Forms of pick a hole in someone's coat
| third-person singular present | picks a hole in someone's coat |
|---|---|
| present participle | picking a hole in someone's coat |
| past participle | picked a hole in someone's coat |
| past | picked a hole in someone's coat |
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