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1. hiustenhalkominen

2. halkoa hiuksia

split hairs englanniksi

1. puhekieltä tedious Tedious details; minutiae.

2. 1999, Lev Grossman, "http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,19344,00.html Microsoft Tangled Up in Videotape Evidence," Time, 4 Feb.,

The Microsoft trial had been in danger of slipping out of the public eye. Its endless procession of less-than-riveting economics professors and forgetful executives, mixed with scads of legal and technical split hairs, just hasn't made for gripping headlines.

3. puhekieltä 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.

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