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揚げ足を取る — meaning in English

ageashiotoru

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English meaning

  • nitpick verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

Senses

揚げ足を取る is used for these senses in English:

  • find fault (intransitive, idiom, often followed by with) To criticize something excessively.
  • nitpick (figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

nitpick — full definition

  1. verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
  2. verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
  3. verb To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. I nitpicked his hair.
  4. verb I nitpicked his hair.

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