"tirer sa poudre aux moineaux" meaning in Français

See tirer sa poudre aux moineaux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \ti.ʁe sa pu.dʁ‿o mwa.no\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tirer sa poudre aux moineaux.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-tirer sa poudre aux moineaux.wav
  1. Employer pour des bagatelles son crédit, ses ressources, ses amis, dont on aurait pu se servir plus utilement. Tags: dated, familiar, figuratively
    Sense id: fr-tirer_sa_poudre_aux_moineaux-fr-verb-x8xxTjmb Categories (other): Métaphores en français, Termes familiers en français, Termes vieillis en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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