seek a knot in a bulrush

verb

(archaic) To find problems where none exist.

He always seeks a knot in a bulrush.

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(archaic) To find problems where none exist.

When others, with dirty hands, strive to cleanse these psalms, they seem to seek a knot in a bulrush and (to put the matter in a word) while they polish they pollute.

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