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▶ to find fault (with trivial matters) ▶ to scold over minor things ▶ to get angry over trifles ▶ to raise one's eyebrows
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2. | A 2022-05-28 22:00:52 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
1. | A* 2022-05-28 03:49:30 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | Google N-gram Corpus Counts 14,129 目くじらを立てる 5,331 目くじらを立てて 380 めくじらをたてる 15,495 目くじら立てる 10,378 目くじら立てて 412 めくじらたてる |
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Comments: | More common than the standard dictionary form. Is it worth having entries like this? |