use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To use significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously
- Synonyms: use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat
- Antonyms: shoot an elephant with a BB gun, kill an elephant with a BB gun
- French: écraser une mouche avec un marteau, tuer une mouche avec un canon
- Russian: пали́ть из пу́шки по воробья́м
- Spanish: matar moscas a cañonazos
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