| 释义 |
use (or take) a sledgehammer to crack a nut informal Use disproportionately drastic measures to deal with a simple problem.The MoD was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut....- The fact that 11 humps on a short stretch of country road (where, incidentally, it has never been established statistically that an overwhelming accident problem existed in the first place) is a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
- Mark Oaten, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, warned: ‘Labour seems obsessed with breaking away the traditions of the jury system and is in danger of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.’
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