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* 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.