split hairs
Noun
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Noun
- (idiomatic) Tedious details; minutiae.
- 1999, Lev Grossman, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,19344,00.html Microsoft Tangled Up in Videotape Evidence]," Time, 4 Feb.,
- The Microsoft trial had been in danger of slipping out of the public eye. Its endless procession of less-than-riveting economics professors and forgetful executives, mixed with scads of legal and technical split hairs, just hasn't made for gripping headlines.
- 1999, Lev Grossman, "[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,19344,00.html Microsoft Tangled Up in Videotape Evidence]," Time, 4 Feb.,
- German: Haarspalterei
- Italian: pignolo, cavilloso, pedante, perfezionista, calia
split hairs
- (idiomatic) To consider or argue about fine details; to worry about minutiae.
- Synonyms: cavil
- Let's get everything sorted into the right drawers and not split hairs about subdividing it further yet.
- French: couper les cheveux en quatre, chercher la petite bête
- German: Haarspalterei betreiben, Haare spalten
- Italian: spaccare il capello in quattro, cercare il pelo nell'uovo, pignolare, fiscalizzare , cavillare
- Spanish: hilar fino
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