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Mr. Breuer is certainly right when he points out that criminal charges are not a very useful means of regulating corporations, so that prosecutors "sometimes had to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

"Don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

How's this for a practical principle: don't use a sledgehammer to swat a gnat.

The crowd decided to topple it.One man began to use a sledgehammer to knock divots off the plinth.

From this perspective, breaking up the big four would be to use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut.

To bring down the criminal justice system on an investigative judge for an alleged fault is to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

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"They are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

It's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

To many Austrians it seems like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Yesterday, Moore said Lacoste's legal action was "using a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

No using a sledgehammer to BASH in the LOCKED door of the SECRET CLOSET.

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