吹毛求疵 meaning in English
(比喻刻意挑剔毛病, 寻找过错) blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect -- carp; be fault-finding; blow at the hair to look for a mote; blow upon the hair trying to discover a mote; captious; cavil at; criticize unfairly; fastidious; find quarrel in a straw; hand [call] a person over the coals; hypercritical; nitpick; pick holes; pick holes in; (pick on sth. to) find fault (with); point out flaws or nail down incongruities; seek trouble with sb. as though one blew aside the hair on a beast's skin to seek for a hidden disease; split hairs (over sth.) to draw it fine; squeamish 短语和例子
Examples
- She is not one to find quarrel in a straw .
她不是吹毛求疵的人。 - He was not one who was inclined to be querulous .
他并不是爱吹毛求疵的人。 - Uncle tom is critical and contemptuous .
汤姆舅舅态度很轻蔑，而且吹毛求疵。 - Such carping is not commendable .
这样吹毛求疵真不大好。 - We ought not to begin by crabbing everything .
我们不应当一开始就对一切事情采取吹毛求疵的态度。