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Meaning of 杀鸡焉用牛刀

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
shā yān yòng niú dāo (Trad.: 殺雞焉用牛刀)
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
Example Sentences
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Citing the European Convention of Human Rights, judges called the rule a disproportionate "sledgehammer" to crack a nut of unproven size.
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Feature animation is an expensive business, and gynocentric films are seen as a niche too small to be worth the cost.
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IT
Like so much of Oracle's software, these new components are tailored for heavy lifting in enterprise IT, but are likely to be ponderous overkill for all but the very largest, cloud-wary customers.