ENGLISH VOCABULARY Finetooth Comb SHORTS
A comb. A fine-tooth comb.
Have you ever heard an idiom to go
over something with a fine-tooth comb?
So this is a comb, this is a pick,
This is a brush.
Notice here, these are
so close together. If you go over something with
a fine-tooth comb, that means you look at all of
the details to make sure they are perfect.
I used it like this: I’m working with a
video editor. He made some edits and I
wasn’t sure, should I just give him the
big obvious things to change first?
Or should I tell him every little
detail to change? Should I go over
that video with a fine-tooth comb?