Re: Examples wanted: How do you say this?

> Quoting Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:20:08 -0700, Gregory Gadow <techbear@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> Hey!
>> >>
>> >> I guess Ayeri would "shoot with canons on sparrows"[1]
>> >
>> >-snip-
>> >
>> >> [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
>>
>> The Xinkutlan say "to kill lice with a hammer"
>
> I'm tempted to make the Tairezan equivalent something like "nuking a
> planet to eliminate a lawyer".
A lawyer? That would be worth the price, and a bargain if there are two
lawyers dirtside! (Just kidding! I deeply respect lawyers, please don't
sue me.)

Gregg Gadow