split hairs

ARGUEto argue that there is a difference between two things, when the difference is really too small to be important 纠缠于细枝末节，在琐细的问题上争辩

This is just splitting hairs.

这就太斤斤计较了。

Examples from the Corpus

split hairs• But I don't want to split hairs.• Let's stop splitting hairs and get back to the main issue.• Batard is a little sweeter than Chevalier but perhaps that's splitting hairs; both these wines are excellent.

→ split hairs at split1(1)

单词	split hairs
释义	split hairs split hairs ARGUEto argue that there is a difference between two things, when the difference is really too small to be important 纠缠于细枝末节，在琐细的问题上争辩 This is just splitting hairs. 这就太斤斤计较了。 Examples from the Corpus split hairs• But I don't want to split hairs.• Let's stop splitting hairs and get back to the main issue.• Batard is a little sweeter than Chevalier but perhaps that's splitting hairs; both these wines are excellent. → split hairs at split1(1)
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