| คนที่คอยจับผิด | [khon thī khøi jap phit] (n, exp) EN: hairsplitting person FR: ergoteur [ m ] ; ergoteuse [ f ] ; chicaneur [ m ] ; chicaneuse [ f ] ; coupeur de cheveux en quatre [ m ] |
| hairsplitting |
| hairsplitter | (n) a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions |
| hairsplitting | (n) making too fine distinctions of little importance, Syn. word-splitting, Example: they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously |
| Hairsplitter | n. One who makes excessively fine or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. “The caviling hairsplitter.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hairsplitting | a. Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle. -- The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 理に落ちる | [りにおちる, riniochiru] (exp, v1) to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting [Add to Longdo] |
