On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 07:12 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: [...] > but, of course, I'm here "cutting hair in four pieces" (what's the > English idiom for "nitpicking"?...I bet that there's one like "couper > les cheveux en quatre") It's not far off - "splitting hairs" (arguing about trivial or inconsequential matters). Adam