- Argue needlessly - Find trivial fault - Object in small way - Petty objection - Raise petty objections - To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault
without good reason. - To cavil at.
- Argue over petty things - Cavil, split hairs - Petty argument arose when contents of squib blew - Petty objection - Raise objections - A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or
evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. - A pun; a low conceit.