گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'split hairs'

1 general:: Phrase(s): split hairs Fig. to quibble; to try to make petty distinctions. • They don’t have any serious differences. They are just splitting hairs. • Don’t waste time splitting hairs. Accept it the way it is.

2 general:: Make trivial distinctions, quibble, as in Let's not split hairs about whose turn it is; I'll close up today and you do it tomorrow. This metaphoric idiom transfers dividing so fine an object as a single hair to other petty divisions. [Second half of 1600s]