毛けを吹ふいて疵きずを求もとむ

expression, nidan verb (lower class) with 'mu' ending (archaic)

to be nitpicky; to be fault-finding

Proverb meaning to find fault with something trivial or to be overly critical. Literally 'blow the fur to find a scar'. Archaic grammar (classical Nidan verb 求む).

• 彼かれはいつも毛けを吹ふいて疵きずを求もとむようなことばかり言いう。

  He always says things that are nitpicky, like blowing the fur to find a scar.

• そんな小ちいさなミスを指し摘てきするのは、毛けを吹ふいて疵きずを求もとむようなものだ。

  Pointing out such a small mistake is like being fault-finding.