Meanings of strain at gnats in anglès

Don't strain at gnats like want of faith and resignation, and swallow such a camel as twenty or thirty deaths.

The little girl who answered had read that the Pharisees " strained at gnats and swallowed camels."

"You can strain at gnats though," commented Sir Eustace, pivoting round on his skates.

Yes, I'm quite of your way of thinking, Miss Rose; it is very vulgar to be straining at gnats and flies, more particularly at table.

'And I will tell you how men become mere vegetables, by filling their minds with useless-needlessscruples-bystraining at gnats-'

"I do; he's a first-rate fellow-noneof your milk and water chaps, that swallow camels and strain at gnats."

"Yes," said Spike sentimentally, "I'm quite of Miss Rose's way of thinking- strainingat gnats is very ill-manners, especially at table.

"Do you think it as vulgar as Hurl-Gate, aunty?" To me it always seems the most vulgar to be straining at gnats."