PICK AT


Meaning of PICK AT in English

{v.} 1. To reach or grasp for repeatedly. * /The baby kept picking at the coverlet./ 2. To eat without appetite; choose a small piece every little while to eat. * /He picked at his food./ 3. To annoy or bother continually; find fault with. * /They showed their displeasure by continually picking at her./ Syn.: PICK ON.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.