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to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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to put more energy and force than is necessary into doing something
Dialect
British
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Idiom
Informal
Example
50 police officers to arrest two unarmed men is surely using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
My honest opinion is they took a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
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