phrase often disapproving to take some things but not others: 挑挑拣拣;精挑细选 The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take.最有钱的大学可以对生源精挑细选。 He's such a good player, he's able to pick and choose the tournaments he plays in. With this package, viewers are able to pick and choose what they watch. They just pick and choose parts of the research that support their own argument. You can't pick and choose which laws you obey and which you break. See also
pickverb(CHOOSE)
pick and choose | American Dictionary
pick and choose
idiom to take only the things you want from a group: You can't pick and choose which rules you want to follow and which ones you don't.