Our insistence on dotting every ‘I’ and crossing every ‘T’ breeds inefficiency, causing major delays, stress overload and subpar results.

坚持对细节一丝不苟的专注（dotting every ‘I’ and crossing every ‘T’<俚>），造成了低效率、大延期、超负荷以及烂结果。

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His school is at a T-crossing road.

他的学校在一个丁字路口。

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But then Mr Prahalad's core competence lay in big ideas rather than in dotting the "I" s and crossing the "t" s.

不过，普拉哈拉德的核心竞争力在于宏大思想，而不在于亲力亲为。

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Look at line fifty. This is where Milton asks the ocean nymphs where they were when Edward King's boat was lost ? while crossing the Irish Sea: why didn't you do anything?

看第50行，这里弥尔顿问海洋女神们,爱德华·金的船在穿越爱尔兰海途中失事的时候,她们在哪里：你们为什么不救他？

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The hymn doesn't anywhere refer to people crossing over on dry land.

在赞美诗中并没有提到人们从地面上穿过海洋。

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So for people who aren't crossing borders for work, the rankings don't mean much.

WSJ: Useful Cost-of-Living Data Don't Come Cheap

My younger daughter Gracie's first taste of freedom came when she was 11 and she and her friend Anthea were allowed to visit the luncheonette on our corner because it didn't require crossing any streets.

WSJ: Raising Kids in the City

"They've got to be careful about dotting the i's and crossing the t's, " Ms. Feddis said.

WSJ: In Lieu of Toasters, Bank Customers Burned