split hairs

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tediousdetails;minutiae.1999February 4, Lev Grossman, “Microsoft Tangled Up in Videotape Evidence”, inTime: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 technicalsplit hairs, just hasn't made for gripping headlines.

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