strain at gnats and swallow camels

Prov. to criticize other people for minor offenses while ignoring major offenses. (Biblical.) Jill: Look at that. Edward is combing his hair at his desk. How unprofessional. Jane: Don't strain at gnats and swallow camels. There are worse problems than that around here.

See also: and, camel, gnat, strain, swallow

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BÉRenger	-	French
Yegor	ye-GOR	Russian
Gamil	-	Arabic (Egyptian)
Tatiana	tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Barnabas	BAHR-nah-bahs (German), BAHR-nə-bəs (English)	German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Ioan	-	Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian