17 Nov
2004
17 Nov
'04
2:44 a.m.
On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 05:41 PM, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
"Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental@thomson.com> wrote in message news:cndq2e$fiq$1@sea.gmane.org...
| > > I wouldn't be using it. Why would I use canon to kill sparrow. | > | > Why would anyone kill a sparrow?!! ;-) | | It's just Russian saying I was trying to translate. Don't know English | equivalent.
We have the saying in Danish too. Well chosen.
-Thorsten
In American English: "Don't use a cannon to kill a mosquito" FWIW, Note the imperative form :-)