Idiom
what's the beef
Meaning
Why are you complaining? What are you complaining about?
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You look angry, so what's the beef?”
“I noticed you are arguing with the manager again, so what's the beef?”
“After observing the heated exchange between the two colleagues, I felt compelled to ask what's the beef.”
Examples
simple
“You look angry, so what's the beef?”
contextual
“I noticed you are arguing with the manager again, so what's the beef?”
complex
“After observing the heated exchange between the two colleagues, I felt compelled to ask what's the beef.”
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