# pick holes

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pick-holes
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To find weaknesses, errors or imperfections (in).

## Examples

- It is easy to pick holes in someone else's work.
- The manager loves to pick holes in every report I submit, even when the data is accurate.
- Rather than offering constructive feedback, the critic spent the entire evening trying to pick holes in the author's complex argument.

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