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What would you be doing if you were "using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"

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Date Posted: 2014/04/22
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It's called overkill.

Hojat Kermani Nejad
by Hojat Kermani Nejad , English Interpreter /Purchase and Quality control , Water and Waste Company

going to extremes

anayat bukhari
by anayat bukhari , Researcher, English Content Writer, Publisher , Noor Foundation

"Using a sledgehammer to crack a nut" is used when we use unnecessary force to do something.

I don't need to be harsh if I can achieve my objective politely.

Abd alwahab Alqaramseh
by Abd alwahab Alqaramseh , Material Section Head , CEGCO

I will eat the nut with peel , 

If I use wrong tools I will get bad results

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