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Old 19-Mar-2004, 23:11
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I need help with the idiom "splitting atoms". Does it mean doing nothing special?
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I haven't heard that one before.

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I need help with the idiom "splitting atoms". Does it mean doing nothing special?
I haven'y heard it either. I would have said it meant splitting atoms. :wink:
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Could it mean 'splitting hairs'?
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"splitting atoms" Splitting hairs is the same thing. Means being too pickyuni.
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I need help with the idiom "splitting atoms". Does it mean doing nothing special?
I've heard it in reference to a tedious act; a difficult act; an unbelievable/incomprehensible act. :)
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