have an axe to grind — ► to have a strong opinion about something that you want other people to accept: »Most shareholders have no ax to grind other than keeping company management honest. Main Entry: ↑axe … Financial and business terms
have an axe to grind — ► have an axe to grind have a private reason for doing something. Main Entry: ↑axe … English terms dictionary
have an axe to grind — If you have an axe to grind, you have personal reasons for becoming involved in something or adopting a particular attitude. It was decided that the best candidate would be selected by a recruitment agency who had no axe to grind within… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
have an axe to grind — verb To have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something. There is not the least doubt, Gen. Cary said, that Mr. Cleveland is the most popular man … Wiktionary
have an axe to grind — to have a strong opinion about something, which you are often trying to persuade other people is correct. As a novelist, he has no political axe to grind … New idioms dictionary
have an axe to grind — to have an opinion or aim that influences your decisions and that you want other people to accept or consider an angry young man with an axe to grind … English dictionary
have an axe to grind — есть за что бороться In suggesting the sale of the building he had an axe to grind, because it meant a big commission for him … Idioms and examples
have an axe to grind — have a private reason for doing something. → axe … English new terms dictionary
have an axe to grind — Meaning Have an ulterior motive. Origin Benjamin Franklin wrote that a visitor asked him how his grindstone worked. Franklin sharpened the visitor s axe for him when demonstrating, which is apparently what was intended all along … Meaning and origin of phrases
have an axe to grind — (Slang) have a point of contention, have an issue that one wants to discuss … English contemporary dictionary
