- use (or take) a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- use (or take) a sledgehammer to crack a nutinformaluse disproportionately drastic measures to deal with a simple problem.→ nut
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
use (or take) a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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