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strain at a gnat
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To be overly concerned with trivial or minor details while ignoring larger, more important matters.
To display hypocritical scrupulousness about insignificant faults while tolerating or overlooking major ones.
Examples:
EN:
It is the very nature of government... to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
ES:
Está en la naturaleza del gobierno atragantarse con un mosquito mientras se traga un camello.
EN:
Would you follow blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?
ES:
seguirías a los guías ciegos que tiran de un mosquito y se tragan un camello?
EN:
Would you follow blind guides... which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?
ID:
Kalian mau mengikuti pemimpin buta yang menapis nyamuk, tapi menelan unta?
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