During the heated committee debate on urban development, the council members were criticized for splitting hairs over minor procedural rules rather than addressing the city's urgent infrastructure crisis. Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expression?
- making trivial, overly fine distinctions about unimportant detailsCevap
- Bphysically cutting and grooming strands of hair into precise lengths
- Cmisappropriating public funds for personal financial gain
- Dreaching a quick and harmonious agreement on major policies
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The expression 'splitting hairs' means making trivial, overly fine distinctions about unimportant details.
The idiom 'splitting hairs' means to waste effort making minute, subtle, or trivial distinctions that have little practical importance. In the context of the sentence, focusing on minor procedural rules instead of the main infrastructure crisis illustrates this behavior.
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Interpretation of English Idiomatic Expressions in Context
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