pick away at

Like wolves, we'll pick away at them around the edges... take the weak, reduce their number.

No, the boards weren't attached by mortise-and-tenon joints in the same oak, but by strips of soft wood that my tool could pick away at.

So we got to pick away at this situation slow and careful.

We all knew that the fear of the unknown would pick away at your brain, so your punishment was the expectation of punishment.

When the opportunities avail themselves, they pick away at us cutting back our numbers so they can maintain numerical superiority.

Like wolves, we'll pick away at them around the edges... take the weak, reduce their number.

No, the boards weren't attached by mortise-and-tenon joints in the same oak, but by strips of soft wood that my tool could pick away at.

So we got to pick away at this situation slow and careful.

We all knew that the fear of the unknown would pick away at your brain, so your punishment was the expectation of punishment.

When the opportunities avail themselves, they pick away at us cutting back our numbers so they can maintain numerical superiority.

They all picked away at your dignity and your happiness.

We get picked away at every day by the government and the press.

well, one guy, back in '8 7 fish picked away at him so bad, there wasn't anything left of him.

Christ, Miel, stop picking away at that thing.

Oh, and then I start... picking away at it, and before you know it, the whole thing's a big mess.

There was a raven picking away at the flesh on her leg.

We've been picking away and picking away at this, and this is the first time we've got something we can really grab hold of - one voice, arguing.

you can talk about every day being a gift and stopping to smell the roses, but regular life's got a way of picking away at it.

They all picked away at your dignity and your happiness.

We get picked away at every day by the government and the press.

well, one guy, back in '8 7 fish picked away at him so bad, there wasn't anything left of him.

Christ, Miel, stop picking away at that thing.

Oh, and then I start... picking away at it, and before you know it, the whole thing's a big mess.

There was a raven picking away at the flesh on her leg.

We've been picking away and picking away at this, and this is the first time we've got something we can really grab hold of - one voice, arguing.

you can talk about every day being a gift and stopping to smell the roses, but regular life's got a way of picking away at it.