fine-toothed

From the kinky locks of one of the naked young men he drew a hand-carved, fine-toothed comb, the lofty back of which was inlaid with mother-of-pearl, which he later sold in Sydney to a curio shop for eight shillings.

CHAPTER III 2010

David Trone , an analyst at JMP Securities, compared those moves to using a fine-toothed comb.

At Morgan Stanley, Focus Put on Costs Aaron Lucchetti 2011

But as it stands, it just feels like an editor with a vendetta went through with a fine-toothed comb, just to show off how many different things he could conceivably object to.

2009 July « Motivated Grammar 2009

"We're just missing shots, we look at the type of shots we take, and I know you can go over it with a fine-toothed comb and say 'too many of this, too many of that,' but basically we haven't made shots," D'Antoni said.

Is Carmelo Trying to Do Too Much? Kevin Clark 2012

Tyler, Papa and I get back to my pad and we stay up until four debriefing and going over all of the interactions with a fine-toothed comb.

Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

But as it stands, it just feels like an editor with a vendetta went through with a fine-toothed comb, just to show off how many different things he could conceivably object to.

I grow weary of defending Sarah Palin « Motivated Grammar 2009

Those nights I always took a bath and sometimes I got high and cleaned her little place with a fine-toothed comb.

365 tomorrows » 2009 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

"We have to go over that study with a fine-toothed comb."

Diabetes patients should not stop taking Avandia, FDA says 2010

Since I like to argue about what Darwin said I have Origin … beside me here, have spent dozens of hours reading his correspondences and notes, and have been over, with a fine-toothed comb, most of Descent, for instance.

Behe 2009

To me it's counter-productive to hold public hearings until after a candidate has gone through an extensive process in which all the other issues are gone through with a fine-toothed comb on paper.

Clinton again rips into vetting process 2009