carpet tack
Americannoun
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To drive that point home, they continue: “The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.”
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2014
The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
Foundation officials chose a brilliant red background to match original fibers that were recently found, clinging to a carpet tack, hidden beneath a remodeled threshold in the Dining Room.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2014
“The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial,” the editors wrote.
From Washington Post
You could just see him fluttering against a white cloud, and looking no bigger than the head of a carpet tack.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon
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