Re: Examples wanted: How do you say this?

> Hey!
>
> I guess Ayeri would "shoot with canons on sparrows"[1]
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> [1] I didn't find a translation for "mit Kanonen auf Spatzen
> schießen" in my dictionary. It means that you use all the
> power of a method for something for which an easier method
> would have worked as well, maybe even better.
Heh, my conculture has a similar expression: dife'llan büshaxhe
dhichol-ainom "to hunt squirrel with a catapult."

Gregg Gadow