find fault

[at fault] {adj. phr.} Responsible for an error or failure; to blame. * /The driver who didn't stop at the red light was at fault in the accident./ * /When […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

to a fault

[to a fault] {adv. phr.} So very well that it is in a way bad; to the point of being rather foolish; too well; too much. * /Aunt May wants […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

pick apart

[pick apart] or [pick to pieces] {v. phr.} To criticize harshly; find things wrong with; find fault with. * /After the dance, the girls picked Susan apart./ * /They picked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

pick a hole in

[pick a hole in] or [pick holes in] {v. phr.}, {informal} To find a mistake in or things wrong with; criticize; blame. * /The witness said he had been walking […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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притягивать за уши

[притягивать за уши] {v. phr.} {informal} [pr'i`t'yag'ivat' `za ushi] {literally} to pull something up by the […]

Eric Idle

(1943--) English comedian, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus American beer is a lot like making love in a row […]

at swords' points

[at swords' points] {adj. phr.} Ready to start fighting; very much opposed to each other; hostile; quarreling. * /The dog's […]

U.F.O.

[U.F.O.] {n. phr.} Unidentified Flying Object. * /Some people think that the U.F.O.s are extraterrestrial beings of higher […]