From: dme@dme.org
Subject: Re: Can Gnus watch a group for me?
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:54:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x8ecwv0wtaia_dme@dme.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3snblw3q2.fsf@alltel.net> (Richard Hoskins's message of "Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:40:37 -0500")
* rmh3@alltel.net [2001-11-11 18:40:37]
>>>It's a bit like shooting sparrows with a cannon (what's the
>>>English/US idiom for this?), but it would certainly work.
>
> I can't think of any us.english idiom that directly maps.
"Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut" is common in the UK.
dme.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-12 12:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-10 18:28 Kai Großjohann
2001-11-10 18:44 ` Harry Putnam
2001-11-10 18:48 ` ShengHuo ZHU
2001-11-10 22:33 ` Christoph Conrad
2001-11-11 11:20 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-11-11 16:10 ` Harry Putnam
2001-11-11 16:32 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-11-11 18:08 ` Harry Putnam
2001-11-11 18:40 ` Richard Hoskins
2001-11-11 19:40 ` Harry Putnam
2001-11-12 12:47 ` Per Abrahamsen
2001-11-12 14:22 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-11-12 12:54 ` dme [this message]
2001-11-11 19:29 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-11-12 12:48 ` Per Abrahamsen
2001-11-13 0:47 ` Daniel Pittman
2001-11-14 16:33 ` Emerick Rogul
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