1. Fortunately, the night manager was neither a hairsplitter nor a fool. 好在这位夜班经理既不是吹毛求疵的人,也不是脓包。
2. Smith is a real hairsplitter. If you say the train arrived just on time, he'll say it was at least thirty seconds late. 斯密史是吹毛求疵的人。如果你说火车刚好准时到达,他会说火车至少迟了三十秒。