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English
Etymology
Calque of Latin nōdum in scirpō quaerō.
Verb
seek a knot in a bulrush (third-person singular simple present seeks a knot in a bulrush, present participle seeking a knot in a bulrush, simple past and past participle sought a knot in a bulrush)
- (archaic) To find problems where none exist.
2002, Dr Martin Garrett, Sidney: The Critical Heritage, →ISBN, page 138:When others, with dirty hands, strive to cleanse these psalms, they seem to seek a knot in a bulrush and (to put the matter in a word) while they polish they pollute.
Translations
to find problems where none exist