This means that someone is being really picky about details - if you split a hair, you're making a really tiny half-hair, so the image is of the person being that picky to be sure that the tiny hairs are all in place.
"making over-nice distinctions," by 1739, from hair + verbal noun from split (v.). To split hairs "make over-fine distinctions" is first recorded 1650s, as to cut the hair.
Yes, a verb phrase can be split by an adverb or adverbial phrase. For example, in the sentence "I will quickly finish my homework," the adverb "quickly" splits the verb phrase "will finish."
nothing it just means u have split ends and need to cut them off
It means you have a grip on him by his pubic hairs.
In actuality, the original phrase is "one nation indivisible", which makes much more sense. When the "under God" was added in the 1950's, it split the phrase apart, which I find ironic.
Split Hairs - to argue about small, unimportant differences Origin: Shakespeare used this expression in the 1600s in one of his plays and "splitting hairs" has been widely used since.
Split second is a turn of phrase, not a scientific unit.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one means to tell the truth, to divulge. The image is of dividing something fairly.
1. Perhaps they are so hair brained. 2. They always like to split hairs.
An example of a split infinitive is: "to boldly go." In this phrase, "boldly" splits the infinitive "to go."
Yes, peaches are covered with tiny hairs, giving birth to the phrase "peach fuzz".
Because it cuts of the damaged hairs