split hairs

phrase

If you say that someone is splitting hairs, you mean that they are making unnecessary distinctions between things when the differences between them are so small they are not important.

Don't split hairs. You know what I'm getting at.

Synonyms: quibble, find fault, cavil, overrefine More Synonyms of split hairs

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split hairs in British English

to make petty and unnecessary distinctions

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split hairs in British English

to make a fine but needless distinction

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split hairs in American English

to make petty distinctions; quibble

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split hairs

to make distinctions in a situation where the differences between things are actually very small and unimportant

But once you start splitting hairs like that, where are you going to stop?

Examples of 'split hairs' in a sentence
split hairs

The ordinary parishioner in the pew doesn't want split hairs !It was defense counsel's mother who'd just passed on, not mine, but don't split hairs, okay?

(idiom) in the sense of quibble

Definition

to make petty and unnecessary distinctions

Don't split hairs. You know what I'm getting at.

Synonyms

quibble

Let's not quibble.

find fault

cavil

This is not the time to cavil about petty details.

overrefine

pettifog

nit-pick (informal)

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of cavil

Definition

to raise annoying petty objections

This is not the time to cavil about petty details.

Synonyms

find fault,

object,

complain,

beef (slang),

carp,

quibble,

kvetch (US, slang),

hypercriticize,

nit-pick (informal)

Nearby words of
split hairs

splice
splinter
split
split hairs
split off
split on someone
split something up

Synonyms of 'split hairs'

split hairs

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单词	split hairs
释义	split hairs phrase If you say that someone is splitting hairs, you mean that they are making unnecessary distinctions between things when the differences between them are so small they are not important. Don't split hairs. You know what I'm getting at. Synonyms: quibble, find fault, cavil, overrefine More Synonyms of split hairs See full dictionary entry for hair split hairs in British English to make petty and unnecessary distinctions See full dictionary entry for hair split hairs in British English to make a fine but needless distinction See full dictionary entry for split split hairs in American English to make petty distinctions; quibble See full dictionary entry for hair split hairs to make distinctions in a situation where the differences between things are actually very small and unimportant But once you start splitting hairs like that, where are you going to stop? Examples of 'split hairs' in a sentence split hairs The ordinary parishioner in the pew doesn't want split hairs ! Howatch, Susan ULTIMATE PRIZES (2001) It was defense counsel's mother who'd just passed on, not mine, but don't split hairs, okay? Lisa Scottoline RUNNING FROM THE LAW (2001) (idiom) in the sense of quibble Definition to make petty and unnecessary distinctions Don't split hairs. You know what I'm getting at. Synonyms quibble Let's not quibble. find fault cavil This is not the time to cavil about petty details. overrefine pettifog nit-pick (informal) See hair Additional synonyms in the sense of cavil Definition to raise annoying petty objections This is not the time to cavil about petty details. Synonyms find fault, object, complain, beef (slang), carp, quibble, kvetch (US, slang), hypercriticize, nit-pick (informal) Nearby words of split hairs splice splinter split split hairs split off split on someone split something up Synonyms of 'split hairs' split hairs Explore 'split hairs' in the dictionary
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split hairs

split hairs in British English

split hairs in British English

split hairs in American English

split hairs

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Synonyms of 'split hairs'

split hairs

Examples of 'split hairs' in a sentence
split hairs

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split hairs