Picking the fly shit out of the pepper

1. The act of being nit-picky to a ridiculous degree.
2. To meticulously analyze minutia.

"They shouldn't be allowed to call their CD 'Unplugged' because, technically, the microphones were plugged in."

"For crying out loud Bob, stop picking the fly shit out of the pepper.

by BKMantova September 3, 2010