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break a butterfly upon the wheelстрелять из пушек по воробьям (break upon the wheel – казнь посредством колесования Bobrovska)
butterfly mindлегкомысленный характер (выражение из документалистики BBC, ''Windsor Castle – World`s Oldest & Largest Inhabited Castle". Цитата: "George 5 bought some marvellous things, but he had a butterfly mind and his attention span was very short. He loved things when he got them, but a week after was either bored and tried to sell them or often tried to augment them putting gilt mounds on a piece, adding more jewells. It`s a constant reinvention of his marvellous collection". youtu.be inyazserg)
butterfly upon a wheelподавлен жизненными невзгодами (person crushed by life's adversities. Interex)
you don't need a musket to shoot a butterflyнет смысла стрелять из пушки по воробьям (Alex_Odeychuk)