Make a meal of Meaning in English
expression
التعريف
To treat something as more important, difficult, or complicated than it really is; to exaggerate the effort or importance of something simple.
الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة
This is an informal British English idiom, usually used to criticize someone for making something unnecessarily complicated or dramatic. It's often heard in phrases like 'Don’t make a meal of it.' Not typically used in American English; in the US, people might say 'make a big deal out of' instead.
جمل نموذجية
He really made a meal of washing the car.
basic
Don’t make a meal of this small problem.
basic
She tends to make a meal of any task.
basic
You really made a meal of that phone call—what took you so long?
natural
I know assembling that chair looks hard, but don't make a meal of it.
natural
Stop making a meal of your mistakes—everyone messes up sometimes.
natural