Have an issue with someone

Hi,
She witnessed the two of them fighting. She said Tom should lay off of Ted because it was her that Tom had an issue with.

Basically, it means that Tom had a problem or disagreement of some kind with Mary.

Clive

I agree with the above answer but if I could add a different correction" ...lay off of Ted", should simply be "...lay off Ted", I don't know why but putting in the superfluous "of" seems to be happening quite a lot lately.

Hi Clive and Jeannie1,
Thanks for your comments.
Could you please give an example of 'have a problem with someone' because I don't understand it well?

"All the people in the study had low self-esteem and had issues with their bodies."

Could you please explain what 'had issues with their bodies' means here?

Thanks a lot.

They felt they were unattractive because of their bodies. They probably felt they were too fat (even if they were actually very slender). Their feeling about themselves were affected by what they felt they looked like.

Hi GG,
Many thanks for your explanation.

1.Can I say '..had problems with their bodies' instead of '...had issues with their bodies' without changing the meaning?

2.Could you please explain what 'have a problem with someone' means by giving an example?

Thanks.

Anonymous.Can I say '..had problems with their bodies' instead of '...had issues with their bodies' without changing the meaning?

Not really, for two reasons.

First, it's just not very idiomatic. People might have problems with their back or their knees, but we don't say they have a "problem with their bodies."

Second, and more importantly,