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1 haarkloven
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2 haarkloven
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3 muggenziften
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4 op alle slakken zout leggen
op alle slakken zout leggen————————op alle slakken zout leggenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > op alle slakken zout leggen
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5 spijker
1 nail♦voorbeelden:een spijker kromslaan/uittrekken • bend/pull out a nail〈 figuurlijk〉 spijkers met koppen slaan • get down to brass tacks, get down to businessiets met een spijker vastslaan • nail something down〈 figuurlijk〉 dat is de spijker op z'n kop • on the button, right on -
6 spijkers op laag water zoeken
spijkers op laag water zoekenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > spijkers op laag water zoeken
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7 zout
zout1〈 het〉1 [keukenzout] (common) salt2 [scheikunde] salt♦voorbeelden:op alle slakken zout leggen • split hairs————————zout22 [gezouten] salted♦voorbeelden:2 zoute haring • pickled/ salted herring〈 figuurlijk〉 zó zout heb ik het nog nooit gegeten • I've never heard/seen anything quite like that
См. также в других словарях:
split hairs — If people split hairs, they concentrate on tiny and unimportant details to find fault with something … The small dictionary of idiomes
split hairs — index bicker, pettifog Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
split hairs — ► split hairs make overfine distinctions. Main Entry: ↑hair … English terms dictionary
split hairs — QUIBBLE, cavil, carp, niggle, chop logic; informal nit pick; archaic pettifog. → hair QUIBBLE, cavil, carp, niggle, chop logic; informal nit pick; archaic pettifog. → … Useful english dictionary
split hairs — If people split hairs, they concentrate on tiny and unimportant details to find fault with something. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you split hairs, you pay too much attention to differences that are very small or unimportant. … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
split hairs — 1. noun Tedious details; minutiae. The Microsoft trial had been in danger of slipping out of the public eye. Its endless procession of less than riveting economics professors and forgetful executives, mixed with scads of legal and technical split … Wiktionary
split hairs — {v. phr.} To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. * /John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant./ * /Don t split hairs about whose turn… … Dictionary of American idioms
split hairs — {v. phr.} To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. * /John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant./ * /Don t split hairs about whose turn… … Dictionary of American idioms
split\ hairs — v. phr. To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant. Don t split hairs about whose turn it is to… … Словарь американских идиом
split hairs — be very fussy, notice small differences Clyde likes to work on research that requires him to split hairs … English idioms
split hairs — make unnecessary distinctions He makes a lot of good points but he also has a tendency to split hairs and waste a lot of our time … Idioms and examples