pick over

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

不要以前争吵事了, 让我们重新做朋友吧!

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。

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

把这些豆子里沙粒出去。

She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.

她小心翼翼地在高低不平地面上行走。

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

你在那只篮子里找不到好西红柿了, 好已被走了。

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

越南河内街道上是一波又一波捡垃圾，马大垃圾场里可以看到捡垃圾孩子。