Making a Complaint
Vocabulary
What’s bothering you?
What’s on your mind?
have a strong reason to be annoyed or bothered by someone
have a bone to pick with someone
What’s bothering someone?
What’s eating someone?
receive complaints
field complaints
blame the wrong person
point one’s finger in the wrong direction
think angrily about something for a long time
stew over
become apparent
come to the surface
complain in a quiet way
grumble
try to find the source of a problem or disagreement
get to the bottom of something
strongly annoy or irritate someone
get under one’s skin
relax or not interfere
sit back
go through a list of problems or things to do
tick off
be upset or annoyed about something
get one’s nose out of joint
accept or tolerate or handle
stand for
give someone the opportunity to talk about a topic that they have a strong opinion about