split hairs

noun
  1. 1

    Tedious details; minutiae.

verb
  1. 1

    To consider or argue about fine details; to worry about minutiae.

    “Let's get everything sorted into the right drawers and not split hairs about subdividing it further yet.”

    syn:cavil

Synonyms

cavil

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