English

Adjective

angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin

1. Adjectival or attributive form of angels dancing on the head of a pin.
   • 1995: David Murray Schneider & Richard Handler, Schneider on Schneider — CL: the conversion of the Jews and other anthropological stories, p201

     And also, many of the problems I’d had with what seemed to me to be — I don’t know what you’d call it — the angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin aspect…

   • 1998: Daniel Clement Dennett, Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds, 1984–1996, p75

     If that isn’t an angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin question, what would be?

   • 2003: Simon Hoggart, The Guardian Unlimited: QC floats like a butterfly, stings like IDS

     Finally, there was an angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin argument about whether Dr Kelly worked “in” the MoD or “for” the MoD.

See also

• angels dancing on the head of a pin
• count angels on pinheads