钻牛角 / 鑽牛角

zuān​niú​jiǎo

overthinking

to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem, or to get stuck in a dead end by over-analyzing trivial details

别在这件小事上钻牛角了，我们的时间很紧。

verb

created sense Mar 4, 2026, 02:25 AM