use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

短语

高射炮打蚊子

发音

UK /ˌjuːz‿ə ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə tə ˌkɹæk‿ə ˈnʌt/
AU
US /ˌjuz‿ə ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmɚ tə ˌkɹæk‿ə ˈnʌt/

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.

    高射炮打蚊子

    割鸡焉用牛刀

    牛鼎烹鸡

    澳大利亚 新西兰 习语 非正式 不及物

词源

The analogy dates back to at least the middle of the 19th century: see, for example, this quotation from Levi Carroll Judson’s work Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution (1851): “He at once became the nucleus around which a band of patriots gathered and formed a nut too hard to be cracked by the sledgehammer of monarchy.”

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