taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Gyutou - kakkei [beef-tooth split chicken
It means that we do not need big things or exaggerated ways and means to judge small things. Also, a word that admonishes against them. It means to use a big knife to cut up a cow to judge a chicken. The word is also read as "to split a chicken with an ox knife.
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