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2023-05-04 07:05
Employ a steam engine to crack a nut phrase
To apply excessive or overcomplicatedmeans or methods to deal with simple things
A: Look, you are bleeding. You should go to the hospital. B: Yeah, but it's just a small cut. Going to the hospital would be employing a steam engine to crack a nut.
You are employing a steam engine to crack a nut with that simple issue.
The verb "employ" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this simile is not clear.
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1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
