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strain at gnats and swallow camels
strain at gnats and swallow camels
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used to describe the act of focusing excessively on small or insignificant details while ignoring or overlooking much larger and more important matters
Proverb
Exemples
Instead of wasting time arguing about trivial matters, we need to focus on the real problems at hand. We ca n't afford to strain at gnats and swallow camels.
