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chercher la petite bête

/ʃɛʁ.ʃe la p(ə).tit bɛt/

verb/ʃɛʁ.ʃe la p(ə).tit bɛt/

to nitpick, to split hairs

2015, Andrea Camilleri, Dominique Vittoz transl., La reine de Poméranie, Fayard, Trois(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms: pinailler, ergoter, ratiociner