"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.
Each idiom has its own origins - you'll have to look up the etymology of every one separately.
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.
nothing it just means u have split ends and need to cut them off
The correct idiom is "wet (not split) one's whistle," which means to take a drink, typically an alcoholic beverage. It dates back to the late 16th century and likens the throat to a whistle that needs to be moistened in order to properly produce sound.
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.
The etymology of etymology is from the greek etumologia which means "true sense of a word"
1. Perhaps they are so hair brained. 2. They always like to split hairs.
at ugly stupid eyeswith hairs and fungi
That would be schizophrenia.If you were to take a look at the etymology of the word, you'd find that it's in fact a contraction of two Greek words: schizein ("to split") and phren ("mind").So, the word schizophrenia could be somewhat literally translated as "split-mind."
Because it cuts of the damaged hairs
Etymology is the opposite of Antipodes
The Latin etymology of the word "etymology" comes from the Latin word "etymologia," which means the study of the true meanings and origins of words.