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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛʁ.ʃe la p(ə).tit bɛt/
Verb
chercher la petite bête
- (informal) to nitpick, to split hairs
- Synonyms: pinailler, ergoter, ratiociner
- 2015, Andrea Camilleri, Dominique Vittoz transl., La reine de Poméranie, Fayard (→ISBN), Trois:
Le caissier pour sûr devait se douter de quelque chose en voyant arriver à la banque tous ces pécuniaux qu’Amalia ne pouvait pas gagner en vendant de la salade et des œufs, mais il préférait ne pas chercher la petite bête.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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