nose picking イディオム
	cotton-picking
thieving, doggone, flipping, ruddy Get your cotton-pickin' fingers off that bike! Don't touch it!
easy pickings
an easy task or job, a piece of cake It was a multiple-choice test - easy pickings if you studied.
cotton-pickin'|cotton|cotton picking|pick|picking
adj., 
slang, 
colloquial Worthless, crude, common, messy. 
Keep your cotton picking hands off my flowers! You've got to clean up your room, son, this is a cotton-pickin' mess!
slim pickings
slim pickings A small amount left after others have taken a share. For example, 
After each of the children took what they wanted of Mother's things, it was slim pickings for the rest of the family. This expression alludes to animals devouring a carcass. [Early 1600s]
nose-picking
The act of removing nasal fungus (i.e., "boogers") with one's finger. Nose-picking is a begrimed habit. I've spent a lot of time accepting my kids to abdicate accomplishing it.