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