词汇 | strain-at-a-gnat-and-swallow-a-camel |
释义 | strain at a gnat (and swallow a camel)idiom to worry or think too much about something that is not important, often forgetting about something that is much more important: The whole thing has been a classic case of straining at the gnat and cheerfully swallowing the camel. He dismissed the moral arguments about this as "straining at a gnat". Thinking and contemplating a brown studyidiom agonize agonize over/about something beard-stroking bethink harbour heart-searching hit on/upon something I/we'll (have to) seeidiom in the cold light of dayidiom introspect navel reckon reflection revisit reweigh rumination run through someone's mind/headidiom scratch your headidiom weigh |
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