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Translate split hairs from English to French

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split hairs:
- chicaner
Wiktionary:
- split hairs → couper les cheveux en quatre, enculer les mouches, pinailler

English

Detailed Translations for split hairs from English to French

split hairs:

split hairs verbe

split hairs (niggle)
chicaner
- chicaner verbe (chicane, chicanes, chicanons, chicanez, chicanent, chicanais, chicanait, chicanions, chicaniez, chicanaient, chicanai, chicanas, chicana, chicanâmes, chicanâtes, chicanèrent, chicanerai, chicaneras, chicanera, chicanerons, chicanerez, chicaneront)

Translation Matrix for split hairs:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicaner	split hairs
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicaner	niggle; split hairs	badger; bicker; chicane; have something on one's mind; nag; pester; squabble

Wiktionary Translations for split hairs:

split hairs

verb

to consider fine details
- split hairs → couper les cheveux en quatre

split hairs

verb

(figuré) Être trop précis ou trop méticuleux.
- couper les cheveux en quatre → split hairs
(vulgaire) (figuré) Se perdre en arguties pour des vétilles, chicaner, se montrer tatillon.
- enculer les mouches → nit-pick; quibble; split hairs
(familier, fr) péjoratif|fr S’attarder sur des détails sans intérêt, argumenter avec des précisions superflues, de façon mesquine.
- pinailler → nitpick; split hairs

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