Do you often find yourself splitting hairs over life matters?
Who is familiar with the idioms "splitting hairs" ? Splitting hairs = to discuss, argue, hang out in the trivial details of something. Imagine if you guys decide to split a strand of hair into small pieces... How relevant would that be? Not at all right? So whenever we discuss about trivial, unimportant matters, we are splitting hairs (over something)
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Your right. A chief Time waster. slitting hairs sucks.
The idiom splitting hairs means to argue or debate about very small or insignificant details. It implies that someone is being overly nitpicky or focusing on minor differences that don't really matter in the large context.
We often use it in arguments and it means to argue or focus on small or trivial details of something. As you said
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Yes, "splitting hairs" is a common idiom in English. So, you're absolutely right in your interpretation of the phrase! It's like trying to split a single strand of hair into smaller and smaller pieces.
You're right, you know, we can't really split hairs in many ways. We really need to talk about things that are important and that will make the other person happy
totally agree Dominic. It's like arguing over trifles(not the yummy dessert though lol)
Often, it's used in an argument. When one person keeps insisting on a trivial detail above the main argument. It can be a response to frustration.
Yes I am aware
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