Break A Butterfly Upon The Wheel Definition
verb
To inflict a punishment out of all proportion to the offence .
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To employ great exertions for insignificant ends.
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Origin of Break A Butterfly Upon The Wheel
Coined by Alexander Pope in his 1734 Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot .
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