cercare il pelo nell'uovo in Italian

Forms: cercàre il pelo nell' uovo [canonical], cérco il pelo nell' uovo [first-person, present, singular], cercài il pelo nell' uovo [first-person, historic, past, singular], cercàto il pelo nell' uovo [participle, past], avére [auxiliary] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally, “to look for the hair in the egg”. Compare French chercher le poil dans l’œuf. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to look for the hair in the egg}} “to look for the hair in the egg”, {{lit|to look for the hair in the egg}} Literally, “to look for the hair in the egg”, {{cog|fr|chercher le poil dans l'œuf}} French chercher le poil dans l’œuf Head templates: {{it-verb|a/é}} cercàre il pelo nell'uovo (first-person singular present cérco il pelo nell'uovo, first-person singular past historic cercài il pelo nell'uovo, past participle cercàto il pelo nell'uovo, auxiliary avére)

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      "form": "cercài il pelo nell' uovo",
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        "to split hairs"
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        {
          "word": "cercare un ago in un pagliaio"
        }
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        {
          "word": "spaccare il capello in quattro"
        },
        {
          "word": "cavillare"
        },
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          "word": "pedanteggiare"
        }
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}

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        "1": "to look for the hair in the egg"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cercài il pelo nell' uovo",
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        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cercàto il pelo nell' uovo",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "avére",
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      ]
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        {
          "word": "spaccare il capello in quattro"
        },
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          "word": "cavillare"
        },
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          "word": "pedanteggiare"
        }
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  ],
  "word": "cercare il pelo nell'uovo"
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