chercher les poux — meaning in English
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English meaning
- nitpick verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
Senses
chercher les poux is used for these senses in English:
- nitpick (archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.
nitpick — full definition
- verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
- verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
- verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.
- verb I nitpicked his hair.