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Go over with a Fine-Tooth Comb to search with great care or attention

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She went over the lawn with a fine-tooth comb, but she couldn't find her contact lens. A fine-tooth comb has teeth spaced very closely together. It is often used to help find and comb lice, which are very tiny, out of people's hair. Figuratively speaking, if you search an area with a fine-tooth comb, you're examining and inspecting it with great care so you won't miss a thing, no matter how small. A related idiom is "leave no stone unturned" (see page 109).

Idiom	Go over with a Fine-Tooth Comb
Example	She went over the lawn with a fine-tooth comb, but she couldn't find her contact lens.
Meaning	to search with great care or attention
Origin	A fine-tooth comb has teeth spaced very closely together. It is often used to help find and comb lice, which are very tiny, out of people's hair. Figuratively speaking, if you search an area with a fine-tooth comb, you're examining and inspecting it with great care so you won't miss a thing, no matter how small. A related idiom is "leave no stone unturned" (see page 109).

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