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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries重箱の隅をつつく人
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jūbako no sumi o tsutsuku hito
"彼は重箱の隅をつつくようなことばかり言う。"
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A person who finds faults in details that are not important, or is excessively critical of minor mistakes.
"He is such a nitpicker that he spent an hour correcting typos in a draft that was just meant to be an outline."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'nitpick' (verb), originating in the mid-20th century from 'nit' (the egg of a parasitic louse) and 'pick', referring to the tedious process of removing tiny louse eggs from hair.
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chilleur
Transliteration: chilleur
"Ne fais pas le chilleur sur des détails insignifiants."
Erbsenzähler
Transliteration: Erbsenzähler
"Sei kein Erbsenzähler und genieße einfach den Moment."
pignolo
Transliteration: pignolo
"Il nostro capo è un pignolo che controlla ogni minima virgola."
tiquismiquis
Transliteration: tiquismiquis
"No seas tan tiquismiquis con la comida."
cricri
Transliteration: cricri
"Ele é muito cricri com a organização do escritório."
बाल की खाल निकालने वाला
Transliteration: baal ki khaal nikalne wala
"वह हर छोटी बात पर नुक्ताचीनी करने वाला व्यक्ति है।"
吹毛求疵者
Transliteration: chuī máo qiú cī zhě
"别做一个到处挑刺的吹毛求疵者。"
트집쟁이
Transliteration: teu-jib-jaeng-i
"그는 사소한 것까지 트집잡는 트집쟁이다."
重箱の隅をつつく人
Transliteration: jūbako no sumi o tsutsuku hito
"彼は重箱の隅をつつくようなことばかり言う。"
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