"blow out of proportions" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 夸大其词
• 小题大做

Definition

把某事渲染得比实际更加严重、重要或极端。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

是口语表达，常用来批评媒体或个人夸大事实。常用表达有 'blow things out of proportions'，被动式也常见：'blown out of proportion'。不建议正式场合使用。

Examples

Don't blow out of proportions what I said.

不要把我说的话**夸大其词**。

The media often blows things out of proportions.

媒体经常会把事情**小题大做**。

Let's not blow out of proportions this problem.

我们不要把这个问题**夸大其词**。

Honestly, people are blowing it out of proportions—it wasn't that bad.

说真的，人们真的把这事**小题大做**了，没那么严重。

Her joke was taken the wrong way and blown out of proportions online.

她的玩笑被误解并在网上被**夸大其词**了。

Things can get messy if we blow out of proportions small issues at work.

如果我们在工作中把小问题**夸大其词**，事情可能会变得糟糕。