Idiom
count angels on pinheads
Meaning
To focus on obtaining the correct details of something which are largely irrelevant or unimportant.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop counting angels on pinheads and finish the main report.”
“The committee spent three hours counting angels on pinheads instead of addressing the budget deficit.”
“While the project faced a critical deadline, the team wasted valuable time counting angels on pinheads regarding the exact font size of the footer.”
Examples
simple
“Stop counting angels on pinheads and finish the main report.”
contextual
“The committee spent three hours counting angels on pinheads instead of addressing the budget deficit.”
complex
“While the project faced a critical deadline, the team wasted valuable time counting angels on pinheads regarding the exact font size of the footer.”
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