despica firul în patru
Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “split the strand [of hair] in four”. Compare Italian spaccare il capello in quattro (literally “split the hair in four”) and French couper les cheveux en quatre (literally “cut hait in four”).
Verb
a despica firul în patru (third-person singular present despică firul în patru, past participle despicat firul în patru) 1st conj.
- (idiomatic) to split hairs
Further reading
- despica in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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