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English translation: not see the forest for the trees
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| 23:13 May 3, 2013 |
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|  Selected response from: Tania McConaghy Sweden Local time: 06:53 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | strain at a gnat and swallow a camel |
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not see the forest for the trees Explanation: this is an alternative which captures some of the meaning in case you don't want to use "strain at a gnat and swallow a camel" |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3strain at a gnat and swallow a camel Explanation: :o) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2013-05-04 07:03:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Matthew 23:24 http://bible.cc/matthew/23-24.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2013-05-04 07:05:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.bibeln.se/skolan/amnen/amnen_svenska_ordsprak.htm... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2013-05-04 07:09:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.evl.fi/svenska/skola/bibel/bibelspar/bibelnosprak... |
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