English Explanatory Dictionary

seek a knot in a bulrush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To find problems where none exist.

Word forms

seek a knot in a bulrush seeks a knot in a bulrush seeking a knot in a bulrush sought a knot in a bulrush seek knots in a bulrush seek knots in bulrushes look for a knot in a bulrush

Etymology

Calque of Latin nōdum in scirpō quaerō.

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