split hairs
to argue or discuss about small, unimportant matters
TRANSLATION
Haarspalterei
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"A year later, the Population conference in Cairo spent days SPLITTING HAIRS with the Vatican about abortion, and last year, delegates to the Racism conference in Durban lost their tempers on the question of whether Israel's policies towards the Palestinians were racist."
(Barnaby Mason - Analysis: Do world summits work? - BBC News - 21 August,
2002)
(Barnaby Mason - Analysis: Do world summits work? - BBC News - 21 August,
2002)
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Idioms which are close to German are easy to remember :)
Here are some other common phrases with "split"
to split up with someone = sich von jmdm. trennen
to split a contract = einen Auftrag aufteilen
to split one's vote [pol.] = panaschieren
to split the proceeds [bank.] = den Erlös aufteilen
to split stocks [finan.] = Aktien aufteilen
to split one's sides laughing = sich totlachen
Here are some other common phrases with "split"
to split up with someone = sich von jmdm. trennen
to split a contract = einen Auftrag aufteilen
to split one's vote [pol.] = panaschieren
to split the proceeds [bank.] = den Erlös aufteilen
to split stocks [finan.] = Aktien aufteilen
to split one's sides laughing = sich totlachen
