blow out of proportion

English

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Verb

blow out of proportion

(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

See also

lay it on thick

Translations

overreact or overstate

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

Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: liioitella (fi), paisutella (fi), tehdä numero
Italian: ingigantire (it)
Spanish: cargar las tintas

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