count angels on pinheads
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count angels on pinheads
verb counts angels on pinheads · counting angels on pinheads · counted angels on pinheads
- To focus on obtaining the correct details of something which are largely irrelevant or unimportant. …secondly, because it is thought to be wholly destructive, and “something has to be taught” — which is the equivalent of teaching people to count angels on pinheads when you no longer believe in the heavenly host and, thirdly, because it has seemed to be socialist in tone, direction and intention.
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verb to spend time on fruitless intellectual matters
| Español | discutir sobre el sexo de los ángeles |
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| Português | discutir o sexo dos anjos, debater o sexo dos anjos |
| Français | discuter du sexe des anges |
| Italiano | discutere del sesso degli angeli |
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