Hair-splitting
"Hair-splitting" in French
couper les cheveux en quatre
(the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
diptérosodomie
(the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
enculage de mouches
(the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
pinaillage
(the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent)
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