Summary
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coupeur de cheveux en quatre:
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Wiktionary:
coupeur de cheveux en quatre → nitpicker
coupeur de cheveux en quatre → nitpicker, bean counter
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Wiktionary:
French
Detailed Translations for coupeur de cheveux en quatre from French to English
coupeur de cheveux en quatre: (*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)
- cou: neck; nape
- peur: anxiety; fear; fright; upset; repulsion; consternation; terror; panic; dread; confusion; dismay; alarm
- coup: coup; putsch; coup d'etat; nookie; quickie; thrust; push; dent; shove; buffer; bumper; blast; boom; crash; bump; smack; thump; thud; blow; bang; slap; knock; squeeze; dash; boot; drink; shot; draught; kick; splash; kicking; swig; sting; stab; knife stab; stroke of the clock; move; nudge; punch; clout; jab; shenanigan; whopper; wallop; bumping into; silly trick; chess move; crashing into; move at chess; overripe spot; colliding with
- EUR: EUR
- Peur: Fear
- coupé: cut; niche; cavity; compartment; cut through; cleaved; marbled
- à-coup: shake
- de: ever since; off; from; out; to; on; upon; at; in; up; onto; of; on the side of
- dé: dice
- cheveux: hair; head of hair; tuft of hair; mop of hair; shock of hair
- en: of; from; to; on; upon; at; in; up; onto; from it; towards; to that; of it; about that; of this
- quatre: four
Wiktionary Translations for coupeur de cheveux en quatre:
coupeur de cheveux en quatre
Cross Translation:
noun
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one who nitpicks
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
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| • coupeur de cheveux en quatre | → nitpicker; bean counter | ↔ Korinthenkacker — vorwiegend in Deutschland: pedantischer, kleinlicher, perfektionistischer und gleichzeitig auch rechthaberischer, altkluger Mensch |