blow out of proportion
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blow out of proportion
verb blows out of proportion · blowing out of proportion · blew out of proportion · blown out of proportion
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To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
I don’t think we need to blow it out of proportion. There’s a problem, and we should fix it.
Similar: magnify, exaggerate, make a big thing out of, make a mountain out of a molehill
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verb overreact or overstate
| Español | cargar las tintas |
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| 中文 | 小題大作 /小题大作 xiǎotídàzuò |
| Italiano | ingigantire |
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