pick on someone your own size

phrase

An admonition of cowardice, usually said to make someone cease harassing or bullying someone else, especially where the bullied party is physically smaller or weaker than the bully.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. colloquialidiomaticAn admonition of cowardice, usually said to make someone cease harassing or bullying someone else, especially where the bullied party is physically smaller or weaker than the bully.

    "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" I say angrily as he tries to push her out of line.

    1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8

Translations

Polish czepiaj się kogoś równego sobie
  • czepiaj się kogoś równego sobieTranslations
Portuguese meter-se com alguém do seu tamanho
  • meter-se com alguém do seu tamanhoTranslations
Spanish (usted) métase con alguien de su tamaño
  • (usted) métase con alguien de su tamañoTranslations
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APA

pick on someone your own size. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20on%20someone%20your%20own%20size

MLA

“pick on someone your own size.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20on%20someone%20your%20own%20size. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pick on someone your own size,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20on%20someone%20your%20own%20size.

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