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Meanings of swallow a camel in English

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Usage of swallow a camel in English
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And then Jim: You swallow a camel and stick at a gnat.
When a Man Marries
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You blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel!
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
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Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
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Why should we strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?
Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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Ye blind guides who strain from your drink a gnat and swallow a camel.
The Gospel of Matthew for Readers
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We are being blindly urged to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
The Irish Times
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You strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
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Are not, now-a-days, the bulk of professors like those that 'strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?'
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
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Then again there are people who, like the Pharisees of old, strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
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I will not blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
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It is as the Saviour said of the Pharisees, "Ye strain at a gnat and swallow a camel."
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
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If Bastin's omnivorous throat could swallow a camel, especially a theological camel, Bickley's would strain at the smallest gnat, especially a theological gnat.
When the World Shook / Being an Account of the Great Adventure o...
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But this would be straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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He used to say I strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel.
The Human Factor
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Straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel never had more conspicuous illustration.
The Vigilance Committee of 1856
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He strains at a gnat and swallows a camel.
From a Girl's Point of View
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