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strain at a gnat

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  • strain at a gnat and swallow a camel — be meticulous about small details and ignore the large ones …   English contemporary dictionary

  • strain — strain1 [strān] vt. [ME streinen < OFr estraindre, to strain, wring hard < L stringere, to draw tight: see STRICT] 1. to draw or stretch tight 2. to exert, use, or tax to the utmost [to strain every nerve] 3. to overtax; injure by… …   English World dictionary

  • gnat — [nat] n. [ME < OE gnæt, akin to Ger dial. gnatze, LowG gnatte < IE * ghnedh < base * ghen > GNAW] 1. any of various small insects, esp. certain dipterous flies, which often bite 2. Brit. a mosquito strain at a gnat to hesitate or have …   English World dictionary

  • Gnat —    Only in Matt. 23:24, a small two winged stinging fly of the genus Culex, which includes mosquitoes. Our Lord alludes here to the gnat in a proverbial expression probably in common use, who strain out the gnat; the words in the Authorized… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • gnat — gnatlike, adj. /nat/, n. 1. any of certain small flies, esp. the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae. 2. Brit. mosquito. 3. strain at a gnat… …   Universalium

  • New Cambridge Paragraph Bible — Front cover of the Penguin Classics paperback edition of the New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with the Apocrypha. The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with the Apocrypha is a newly edited edition of the King James Version of the Bible published by… …   Wikipedia

  • Unskillfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unskillfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unskillfulness unskillfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 want of skill want of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence incompentency Sgm: N 1 inability inability infel …   English dictionary for students

  • demur — vb Demur, scruple, balk, jib, shy, boggle, stick, stickle, strain are comparable when they mean to hesitate or show reluctance because of difficulties in the way. One demurs to or at something when one raises objections to it, casts doubt upon it …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Awkward — Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Awkwardly — Awkward Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Awkwardness — Awkward Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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