Canada· medium· informal
gosser des poils de grenouille
“to whittle frog hairs (gosser is a Quebec word for whittling or fiddling with something)”
Meaning
to fuss over pointless, trivial details
Explanation
Frogs don't have hair, so setting out to whittle some is a joke about wasting effort on something pointlessly finicky.
Example
Arrête de gosser des poils de grenouille et envoie le rapport tel qu'il est.
Stop fussing over pointless details and just send the report as it is.
Origin
Origin uncertain. In Quebec it turns up in political and journalistic speech as a jab at pointless nitpicking, though its earlier history isn't documented.
Where
Quebec
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