English-Danish translations for sledgehammer

forhammerEn vedtagelse af dette direktiv vil derfor svare til at bruge en forhammer til at knække en nød med! This directive, therefore, is like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut! skriftlig. - (EN) Der står EU over hele denne lovgivning - et klassisk tilfælde, hvor man knækker nødder med en forhammer. in writing. - This legislation has the EU written all over it - a classic case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Det er på nuværende tidspunkt som at bruge en forhammer til at knække flere forskellige nødder med, hvilket, tror jeg, ville få begrænset succes. At the moment it is like taking a sledgehammer to crack a whole series of very different nuts, with what I would guess would be very limited success.

A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact
To strike with a sledgehammer

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