词汇 | make-a-federal-case-out-of |
释义 | make a federal case out of somethingidiomUSinformal to behave as if something is a much more serious problem, mistake, etc. than it really is: County officials say the complainants are making a federal case out of a few small maintenance problems that are already being fixed. I think he was careless, but I don't want to make a federal case out of it. Exaggerating & playing down bloviate blow something out of proportionidiom cartoonish cartoonishly catastrophize fulsome go overboardidiom inflated make a mountain out of a molehillidiom make much of somethingidiom make something of something/someone meal mildly minimization OTT over-egg protest too muchidiom romanticize underplay underrate |
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