Splitting Hairs

What is Splitting Hairs?

To argue about an inconsequential and trivial aspect of an issue

When you are accused of being forty-five minutes late for an appointment, you are splitting hairs to say that you were really only forty minutes late

See split, hair, hairs, issue

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