蝸か角かくの争あらそい

expression, noun

fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill

Idiomatic expression derived from a classical Chinese story about a battle over a snail's horn, used to describe trivial disputes or much ado about nothing. Often used in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれらの言いい争あらそいは、まさに蝸か角かくの争あらそいだ。

  Their argument is truly a fight over nothing.

• そんな小ちいさなことで争あらそうのは蝸か角かくの争あらそいというものだ。

  Quarreling over such a small thing is what you call making a mountain out of a molehill.