pick over

Don't keep picking over our old quarrels; let's be friends again.

要老谈以前争吵的事了, 让我们重新吧!

He picked over the tomatoes, looking for the ripest ones.

他把西红柿拿起来仔细看, 要选最熟的。

Pick over the lentils carefully in case there are any stones among them.

把这些豆子里的沙粒出去。

She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.

她小心翼翼地在高低平的地面上行走。

You won't find any good tomatoes in that basket; they've been well picked over.

你在那只篮子里找的西红柿了, 的已被走了。

Waves of gleaners sift the sweepings of Hanoi's streets, just as children pick over the rubbish of Maputo's main tip.

越南河内的街道上是一波又一波的捡垃圾的，马普托的大垃圾场里可以看捡垃圾的孩子。