| 单词 | sledgehammer |
| 释义 | sledgehammer (sledʒhæməʳ ) also sledge-hammer Word forms: sledgehammers 1. countable noun A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking up rocks and concrete. 2. a sledgehammer to crack a nut phrase [Ns inflect] If you say that someone is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, you mean that they are using stronger measures than are really necessary to solve a problem. Idioms: a sledgehammer to crack a nut [British] said to mean that the methods someone is using to solve a problem are far stronger than is necessary Bankers say that the proposed law is a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: take a sledgehammer to So they paid builders 300 to take a sledgehammer to two partition walls. The Sun (2012) I don't want to take a sledgehammer to them. Christianity Today (2000) |
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