ampua tykillä kärpästä
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ampua kärpästä tykillä
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑmpuɑ ˈtykilːæ ˈkærpæstæˣ/, [ˈɑ̝mpuɑ̝ ˈt̪yk̟ilːæ ˈk̟ærpæs̠tæ(ʔ)]
=== Verb ===
ampua tykillä kärpästä (literally, “to shoot at a fly with a cannon”)
(idiomatic) to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut (to use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action)
==== Conjugation ====
See ampua; tykillä kärpästä is not inflected.