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tight-assed

Workplace idiom for obsessive attention to minor details

be tight-arsed or tight-assed(British & Australian, very informal, American, very informal) to be worried about small details that are not important. Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

Don't ask Jack to get involved, he's so tight-assed and really irritating.

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tight-assed in textile production

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