Swinging the sledgehammer to swat at a gnat is sure to cause some collateral damage. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Immigrants and Nazis, Communists and Cardinals] Reference
All I can say is that there has been a steady decline in British use of the word gnat in my lifetime. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
So please, please stop giving this woman an opportunity to bother us .... a gnat is less irritating!!. From Wordnik.com. [Palin hits back at 'malicious' photo] Reference
The gnat was the smallest unclean animal in Israel while the camel was the largest. From Wordnik.com. [Possessing the Treasure] Reference
With what an air he added: 'E gia il moschino e conte' -- Already the gnat is a count. '. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The gnat is a case in point: the water-bug, common in our ponds and ditches, is another. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The larvae of the mosquito and the gnat are the favorite food of the trout in the wooded regions where those insects abound. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth as Modified by Human Action] Reference
A: The word "gnat" is commonly applied to many species of small flies. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Then she changed herself into a mosquito -- a kind of gnat that bites -- and hid herself under a fold of Dick's coat. From Wordnik.com. [Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son] Reference
I haven't heard 'gnat' on the British media (BBC, Sky, Guardian etc.) for years, so I doubt we need it here. editing problemt. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
So the rear of a gnat is a trumpet. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
I only wish there was a snake among the gnat tribe. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
The oboe of the dancing gnat, the cornet of the bee. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Sixty iron mines are suspended in the sting of a gnat. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Suppose a gnat should break his shoulder-blade," I said. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Martin paused a moment to brush away an inquisitive gnat. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
Ye blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel!. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Every little helps, as the sow said when she swallowed the gnat. From Wordnik.com. [Austin and His Friends] Reference
Everything is sealed fast; not so much as a gnat could get through. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
Proconsul Paul Bremer likened them to gnat bites on the hide of an elephant. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Hearts And Minds] Reference
He began to maneuver the small gnat-sized space craft to the proper position. From Wordnik.com. [Danger in Deep Space] Reference
The one that causes the most irritation is smaller than the average English gnat. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
If the administration were to treat this guy like a gnat, he'd have no credibility. From Wordnik.com. [Joe The Nerd Ferraro: Chattering Classless] Reference
"Oh, ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, doubt it if ye will.". From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
Surely a defendant might easily get acquitted who understands the intestine of the gnat. From Wordnik.com. [Clouds] Reference
"Such an enormous gnat should make a meal for two," whispered a brother hawk, flying close. From Wordnik.com. [The Story-teller] Reference
When they opened his brain, they found in it a gnat as big as a swallow and weighing two selas. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Now you get waved away by Ellen Barkin like an annoying gnat and shoved by her bodyguard for good measure. From Wordnik.com. [When the In Crowd Gets an In Crowd] Reference
Micromachines could include such wonders as gnat-size robots that pick out toxic chemicals from backyard wells. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome To Lilliput] Reference
Would their chivalry, which strained at a gnat, be compelled to swallow such a conspicuous camel as the success of. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
After eight years in the business, she's starred in four programs and 16 pilots, all with the half-life of a gnat. From Wordnik.com. [THE CURSE OF THE SHOW KILLERS] Reference
They that have no reverence for virtue are as vile among men as seedless grains among corn or the gnat among birds. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
This creature was a gnat, and is called insignificant because it must receive and discharge what it eats by one aperture. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
FOREIGN TRAVEL has never been easier, but some souvenirs -- gnat-borne oropouche virus, for example -- are hard to live with. From Wordnik.com. [Travelweb] Reference
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