split hairs

Meaning

1. to pay too much attention in an argument to differences that are very small and not important

In the movies · 1

• Uh-huh. Are we gonna split hairs here?The Big Lebowski1998

From the same entry

• split the difference
• split an infinitive
• split your sides
• split the ticket
• split down the middle
• split away
• split on
• split up
• split up
• split up