USE A SLEDGEHAMMER TO CRACK A NUT

Meaning of USE A SLEDGEHAMMER TO CRACK A NUT in English

to use more force than is necessary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SLEDGEHAMMER — I. noun Date: 15th century a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands, II. verb Date: 1834 transitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
USE — I. ˈyüs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English us, use, from Old French us, from Latin usus use, employment, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English slege hamer, from slege sledge + hamer hammer : a large heavy hammer that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
USE — v. /yoohz/ or, for pt. form of 9, /yoohst/ ; n. /yoohs/ , v. , used, using , n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — /slej"ham'euhr/ , n. 1. a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands. v.t. , v.i. 2. to hammer, beat, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUT — — nutlike , adj. /nut/ , n. , v. , nutted, nutting . n. 1. a dry fruit consisting of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — v. beat or strike with a sledgehammer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SLEDGEHAMMER — n. big and heavy hammer with a long handle
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
USE — I. ˈyüs noun Etymology: Middle English us, from Anglo-French, from Latin usus, from uti to use Date: 13th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLEDGEHAMMER — I. ˈslej-ˌha-mər noun Date: 15th century : a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands ; also : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRACK — I. ˈkrak verb Etymology: Middle English crakken, from Old English cracian; akin to Old High German chrahhōn to resound Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
USE — vt common occurrence; ordinary experience. 2. use ·vt occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
SLEDGEHAMMER — ■ noun 1》 a large, heavy hammer used for breaking rocks, driving in posts, etc. 2》 [as modifier ] very …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SLEDGEHAMMER — [sledge.ham.mer] n (15c): a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands; also: something that resembles a sledgehammer in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
SLEDGEHAMMER — sledgehammer BrE AmE ˈsledʒ ˌhæm ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ sledgehammer|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
USE — verb , noun ■ verb / juːz; NAmE / ( used , used / juːzd; NAmE /) 1. [ vn …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — / ˈsledʒhæmə(r); NAmE / noun a large heavy hammer with a long handle • IDIOMS - use a sledgehammer to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NUT — / nʌt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (often in compounds) a small hard fruit with a very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRACK — / kræk; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb BREAK 1. to break without dividing into separate parts; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
USE — I. use 1 S1 W1 /juːz/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ usage , ↑ use , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLEDGEHAMMER — sledge ‧ ham ‧ mer /ˈsledʒˌhæmə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: sledge 'sledgehammer' (11-21 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRACK — I. crack 1 S3 /kræk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cracian ] 1 . BREAK [intransitive …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
USE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 cause to act or serve for a purpose; bring into service; avail oneself of (rarely …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLEDGEHAMMER — n. 1 a large heavy hammer used to break stone etc. 2 (attrib.) heavy or powerful (a sledgehammer blow). [OE …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
USE — v. & n. v.tr. 1 cause to act or serve for a purpose; bring into service; avail oneself of (rarely …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — n. 1 a large heavy hammer used to break stone etc. 2 (attrib.) heavy or powerful (a sledgehammer blow). [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NUT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
USE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. cause to act or serve for a purpose; bring into service; avail oneself of (rarely …
Oxford English vocab
SLEDGEHAMMER — n.1 a large heavy hammer used to break stone etc. 2 (attrib.) heavy or powerful (a sledgehammer blow). Etymology: OE …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
USE — I. VERB USES /ju:z/ ( uses, using, used) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — also sledge-hammer ( sledgehammers) A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking up rocks …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLEDGEHAMMER — also sledge-hammer (~s) A ~ is a large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking up rocks and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
USE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a used/second-hand car (= one that is not new ) ▪ The company locates …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLEDGEHAMMER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For instance, many people learn in high school that alcohol is a depressant-a kind of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLEDGEHAMMER — [noun] [C] - a large heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking stones or other heavy material, or …
Cambridge English vocab
SLEDGEHAMMER — Synonyms and related words : bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, bulldozer, coercive, drub, flail, flap, forcible, hammer, knock, lambaste, larrup, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRACK — I. noun 1 line on the surface of sth where it has broken ADJECTIVE ▪ big , deep , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
USE — INDEX: to use something for a purpose 1. to use something for a purpose 2. to use particular methods, knowledge, …
Longman Activator English vocab
NUT — n. 25B6; noun nuts in their shells : kernel. See list. (informal) he smacked her on the nut : HEAD, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
USE — v. 1 employ, make use of, put into practice or operation, practise, utilize, exercise, bring into play, have recourse to, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
USE — I noun 1 BAD : On a beautiful day like today it's no use staying at home. GOOD : On …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
USE — 1. сущ. 1) употребление, применение, использование to make use of ≈ извлекать пользу из чего-л. to put smth. to good …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLEDGEHAMMER — сущ.; тех. трамбовка; баба; кувалда Syn : beetle, maul Кувалда ~ attr. сокрушительный; sledgehammer blow сокрушительный удар; sledgehammer argument уничтожающий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRACK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLEDGEHAMMER — Кувалда
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