employ a steam engine to crack a nut (English, verb)
expansion: employ a steam engine to crack a nut (third-person singular simple present employs a steam engine to crack a nut, present participle employing a steam engine to crack a nut, simple past and past participle employed a steam engine to crack a nut)
Senses:
glosses: To carry out a simple task in an overcomplicated manner.
tags: idiomatic
rare
Forms:
form: employs a steam engine to crack a nut
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: employing a steam engine to crack a nut
tags: participle
present
form: employed a steam engine to crack a nut
tags: participle
past
form: employed a steam engine to crack a nut
tags: past