If you pick over a quantity of things, you examine them carefully, for example to reject the ones you do not want.
Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron)
If you pick over a quantity of things, you examine them carefully, for example to reject the ones you do not want.
Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron)
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006