blow out of proportion

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

blow out of proportion

1. (transitive, idiomatic) 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.

Synonyms

• magnify
• exaggerate
• make a big thing out of
• make a mountain out of a molehill

See also

• lay it on thick

Translations

overreact or overstate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小題大作／小题大作 (zh) (xiǎotídàzuò), 小题大作 (zh) (xiǎotídàzuò)

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