blow out of proportion

verb

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.”

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Meanings

verbblow out of proportion (third-person singular simple present blows out of proportion, present participle blowing out of proportion, simple past blew out of proportion, past participle blown out of proportion)

present singular third person blows out of proportion · participle present blowing out of proportion · past blew out of proportion · participle past blown out of proportion

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.

Similar
magnifyexaggeratemake a big thing out ofmake a mountain out of a molehill
Also see
blow out of proportionsmake a big thing out of

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 小題大作 /小题大作
  • 小題大作 /小题大作 (xiǎotídàzuò)overreact or overstate
Finnish liioitella, paisutella
  • liioitellaoverreact or overstate
  • paisutellaoverreact or overstate
  • tehdä numerooverreact or overstate
Italian ingigantire
  • ingigantireoverreact or overstate
Spanish cargar las tintas
  • cargar las tintasoverreact or overstate
Welsh gwneud môr a mynydd
  • gwneud môr a mynyddoverreact or overstate
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