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stresses
idiom.
раздувать (Yeldar Azanbayev ) ; преувеличивать (Yeldar Azanbayev ) ; устраивать спектакль (из, вокруг чего-либо • I know I was wrong, but you don't need to make such a meal of it. Yeldar Azanbayev ) ; драматизировать (It's not all that hard, you know! Don't make a meal of it! DariaChernova ) ; усложнять (to make something look more serious/difficult than it is DariaChernova )
idiom., mean.2
затратить больше усилий, чем надо на что-либо (kriemhild ) ; делать что-либо с излишним усердием (В.И.Макаров ) ; уделять чему-либо излишнее внимание (A simple apology will do. There's no need to make a meal of it! В.И.Макаров )
literal.
пообедать исключительно (чем-либо; to eat a particular food as a meal without anything else • This bread is so good, I could make a meal of it. )
make a meal of something
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gen.
усложнять (to take more than the necessary amount of time or trouble over (something) or make (it) seem more complicated than it really is • He really made a meal of that job – it took him four hours )
English thesaurus
make a meal of something
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idiom.
to treat something as more important or serious than it really is (I know I was wrong, but you don’t need to make such a meal of it. macmillandictionary.com )
idiom., mean.2
to take more time or care than is necessary when you are doing something (He really made a meal of cutting the lawn. macmillandictionary.com )
inf., brit.
to do something in a way that makes it seem more important or difficult than it really is (It's not all that hard, you know! Don't make a meal of it! merriam-webster.com )
literal.
to eat a particular food as a meal without anything else (This bread is so good, I could make a meal of it. merriam-webster.com )