OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 42820

count angels on pinheads

Meanings (ES + gloss)
discutir sobre el sexo de los ángeles
To focus on obtaining the correct details of something which are largely irrelevant or unimportant.
It adds to the trend that law schools and law journals are no longer content to count angels on pinheads.
…secondly, because it is thought to be wholly destructive, and “something has to be taught” — which is the equivalent of teaching people to count angels on pinheads when you no lon…
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