English translation for "吹毛求疵"

[ chuīmáoqiúcī ] 
(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
极爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。 the intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one

Related Translations:

对吹毛求疵:  nit pick

吹毛求疵者:  carpercavilercavillercriticdevil's advocatefaultfinder

吹毛求疵地:  finicallyquibblingly

吹毛求疵的:  captiouscarpingcontradictiousfaultfindingfinnickingfinnickyhairsplittinghypercriticalpicky

吹毛求疵的办事员:  fastidious clerk

过于吹毛求疵的:  overnice

对礼物吹毛求疵:  look a gift horse in the mouth

吹毛求疵的人:  fusspothypercritical personsquare-toesthe devil's advocate

爱吹毛求疵的人:  nitpicker

对逗号吹毛求疵的编辑:  an editor who niggled about commas

Example Sentences:

	1.	She is not one to find quarrel in a straw . 她不是吹毛求疵的人。
	2.	He was not one who was inclined to be querulous . 他并不是爱吹毛求疵的人。
	3.	Uncle tom is critical and contemptuous . 汤姆舅舅态度很轻蔑，而且吹毛求疵。
	4.	Such carping is not commendable . 这样吹毛求疵真不大好。
	5.	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。
	6.	I never quarrel with actions. my one quarrel is with words . 我从来不对行为吹毛求疵，我要挑剔的是语汇。
	7.	I must suspend the military historian's critical detachment . 我必须摒除军事历史学家吹毛求疵的超然态度。
	8.	The intensely critical one is often narrow-minded and ignorant . 极爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。
	9.	The fact was that i became more and more fastidious as i grew older . 事实上，随着年龄的增长，我变得越来越吹毛求疵了。
	10.	Fortunately, the night manager was neither a hairsplitter nor a fool . 好在这位夜班经理既不是吹毛求疵的人，也不是脓包。

Similar Words：

"吹满，吹胀" English translation, "吹毛吹疵" English translation, "吹毛分绒机" English translation, "吹毛井" English translation, "吹毛皮的人" English translation, "吹毛求疵, 找碴儿" English translation, "吹毛求疵的" English translation, "吹毛求疵的办事员" English translation, "吹毛求疵的人" English translation, "吹毛求疵的人，故意唱反调的人。" English translation