messier42 My wife always picks apart what I say to get me in trouble. OK messier42 The engineer is picking apart the information to solve a problem. No.
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messier42My wife always picks apart what I say to get me in trouble.OK
messier42The engineer is picking apart the information to solve a problem.No. "Pick apart" implies figuratively to look for inherent faults or errors, or literally, to disassemble a whole thing to its individual parts.