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"word": "muggenziften"
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"word": "halkoa hiuksia"
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"word": "couper les cheveux en quatre"
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"word": "akadékoskodik"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "szőrszálat hasogat"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "kákán is csomót keres"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "kukacoskodik"
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"word": "spaccare il capello in quattro"
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"word": "pignolare"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "枝葉末節にとらわれる"
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"roman": "jūbako no sumi o yōji de hojikuru",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "重箱の隅を楊枝でほじくる"
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"word": "難癖を付ける"
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"word": "procurar chifre em cabeça de cavalo"
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"word": "despica firul în patru"
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"roman": "ceoi¹ mou⁴ kau⁴ ci¹",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "吹毛求疵"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "指指點點"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zi² zi² dim² dim²",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "指指点点"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zaau² zaa¹",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "找碴"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zaau² caa³ zi²",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "找岔子"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "指指鑿鑿"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "kí-kí-chha̍k-chha̍k",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "指指凿凿"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "揣空揣縫"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "chhē-khang-chhē-phāng / chhēr-khang-chhēr-phāng / chhōe-khang-chhōe-phāng",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "揣空揣缝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "吹毛求疵 (chuīmáoqiúcī, literally “blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect”)",
"sense": "to consider fine details"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "雞蛋裡挑骨頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "鸡蛋里挑骨头"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "雞蛋裏挑骨頭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīdàn li tiāo gǔtou, jīdàn lǐ tiāo gútou",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "鸡蛋里挑骨头"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "指指點點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "指指点点"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "錙銖必較"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zī zhū bìjiào",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "锱铢必较"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "haarkloven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "muggenziften"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "halkoa hiuksia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "couper les cheveux en quatre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "chercher la petite bête"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "enculer les mouches"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "Haarspalterei betreiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "Haare spalten"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitpalpél",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "הִתְפַּלְפֵּל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "मीन-मेख निकालना (mīn-mekh nikālnā, literally “distinguish between ‘Pisces’ and ‘Aries’”)",
"sense": "to consider fine details"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "akadékoskodik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "szőrszálat hasogat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "kákán is csomót keres"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "szőröz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "kukacoskodik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "spaccare il capello in quattro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "cercare il pelo nell'uovo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "pignolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "fiscalizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "cavillare"
},
{
"alt": "しようまっせつにとらわれる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiyōmassetsu ni torawareru",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "枝葉末節にとらわれる"
},
{
"alt": "じゅうばこのすみをようじでほじくる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jūbako no sumi o yōji de hojikuru",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "重箱の隅を楊枝でほじくる"
},
{
"alt": "なんくせをつける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nankuse o tsukeru",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "難癖を付ける"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dzielić włos na czworo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "procurar pelo em ovo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "procurar chifre em cabeça de cavalo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "despica firul în patru"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vdavatʹsja v tonkosti",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "вдаваться в тонкости"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "hilar fino"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to consider fine details",
"word": "hårklyveri"
}
],
"word": "split hairs"
}
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