ビジネス英語口語表現644： to split hairs
トーク・アベニュー新宿ビジネス英語口語表現集より
Today’s lesson of colloquial expression
644. to split hairs 必要以上に細かく区別する
- this means to focus on differences that are very small or unimportant
1. If we sit around splitting hairs, we’ll never reach an agreement on this issue.
2. The negotiations are mostly finished. They’re just splitting hairs over some small points right now.
