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idiomhairs► have/get sb by the short hairs have/get sb by the short and curlies► sth will put hair on your chestsplit hairsto talk about small, unimportant differences between things as if they were important:Saying that you're not rejecting him, you're just rejecting his behaviour, may be splitting hairs."I don't believe Terry Lundgren's testimony was credible," Ms. Connor said. "She split hairs, and she lied." hair-splitting: In an impressive display of hair-splitting, the diet drink claims to have more fibre than its main competitor.
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