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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".
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