Please stop splitting hairs over these small details.
split hairs
idiomTedious details; minutiae.
We have a deadline tomorrow, so let's not split hairs over the font size of this document.
While the legal team continued to split hairs regarding the precise interpretation of the contract, the actual project remained stalled for weeks.
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have someone by the short hairs
To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.
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make like a banana and split
To leave, depart.
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short hairs
Pubic hair.
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split on a rock
To completely fail in one's attempt
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split one's sides
To laugh hysterically.
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split the baby
To resolve a dispute in a way that is disadvantageous to both parties.
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split the breeze
To take up space, causing any breeze to move on either side.
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split the difference
To choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.