nit-picky
吹毛求疵,挑剔的,挑剔,挑剔的人
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- : informal tending to raise petty objections; pernickety
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Were you being extra picky in the wake of Twilight because you knew you were under the microscope?
Surveys may portray us as picky, but in reality our foodie culture is thriving as never before.
“Those kids are starting to be of legal drinking age,” McMahan says of once-fussy eaters who he hopes remain picky drinkers, too.
I would hope that more people—especially editors—would be nit-pickers!
He was extremely picky about what he ate and insisted that foods be arranged in a particular order on his plate.
If we had the sense of a Venusian water nit, we'd blast out of here so quick our tail fumes'd take off with us!
Eppes as glatt knn es nit sein, glatt as denn nemmt mn un' mn kummt?
Un' as werd wieder der igener Gepilder, ws frher; Alle lufen un' me wisst nit wuhin.
Die ugen kucken in offenem Korben-minche, nor see sehn die Wrter nit.
Nor sie kuckt trucken, wie varstinert, in ihr Ssider; nit sie wint, nit sie dawent.