<span class="searchmatch">using</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">uses</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>...
nut, present participle <span class="searchmatch">using</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>) (intransitive, Australia...
muchy impf (intransitive, idiomatic) <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>, <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> excessive or inappropriate means <span class="searchmatch">to</span> an end, sometimes counterproductively...
Literal translation: shoot <span class="searchmatch">a</span> mosquito with <span class="searchmatch">a</span> cannon. met een kanon op een mug schieten (idiomatic) <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span> 1965, G. Delwel., Maandblad...
calming down. […] <span class="searchmatch">Using</span> this class of substances for sedation is, with regard <span class="searchmatch">to</span> their addictive potential, like "<span class="searchmatch">using</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>"....
ʁ‿yn mu.ʃ‿a.vɛ.k‿œ̃ ka.nɔ̃/ tuer une mouche avec un canon (figuratively) <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span> Synonym: écraser une mouche avec un marteau...
first-person singular preterite maté moscas a cañonazos, past participle matado moscas <span class="searchmatch">a</span> cañonazos) (idiomatic) <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span>...
“<span class="searchmatch">to</span> shoot at <span class="searchmatch">a</span> fly with <span class="searchmatch">a</span> cannon”) (idiomatic) <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">sledgehammer</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">crack</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">nut</span> (<span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> disproportionate or significantly excessive force <span class="searchmatch">to</span> carry...