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Exaggeration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| overblown ----- [ego, language, promises, issue] ----- [love, grief, fear, frustration, expectations, ambitions] | [adjective] made to seem greater or more impressive than something really is |
| make a mountain out of a molehill ----- [Come on, don't make a mountain out of a molehill. It's not that important.] ----- [Mary is always making mountains out of molehills.] | [idiom] to treat a problem as if it was very serious when in fact it is not ----- MEMORY HOOK: mole [noun] - a small dark furry animal which is almost blind. Moles usually live under the ground. |
| blow something out of (all) proportion ----- [The press has blown this issue out of all proportion.] ----- [They earn salaries out of all proportion to their ability.] | [idiom] to make sth larger, more serious, etc. in relation to sth else than is necessary or appropriate |
| exaggerated ----- [expectations, fear, hopes, pride, optimism] ----- [claims, statement, evidence, estimates] ----- [colors, curves] | [adjective] made to seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is or needs to be |
| make something out of nothing ----- [Relax, John, you're making a big problem out of nothing.] | to make an issue of something that has little importance ----- issue [noun] - a problem or worry that sb has with sth |
| tempest in a teapot ----- [This isn't a serious problem—just a tempest in a teapot.] | a lot of anger or worry about sth that is not important ----- MEMORY HOOK: tempest [formal or literary] a violent storm ----- from Latin tempestas ‘season, weather, storm’, from tempus ‘time, season’. |
| gild the lily ----- [Oh, Sally. You're beautiful the way you are. You don't need makeup. You would be gilding the lily.] ----- [Your house has lovely brickwork. Don't paint it. That would be gilding the lily.] | to try to improve sth that is already good/beautiful ----- MEMORY HOOK: gild [verb] - to cover sth with a thin layer of gold or gold paint; water lily [noun] - a plant that floats on the surface of water, with flat leaves and white, yellow or pink flowe |
| much ado about nothing ----- [All this arguing is much ado about nothing.] ----- [All the commotion (=sudden noisy confusion or excitement) about the new tax law turned out to be much ado about nothing.] | a lot of excitement about sth that is not really important ----- MEMORY HOOK: Much Ado About Nothing - a play (c. 1598) by William Shakespeare. A comedy about two love affairs, one between Beatrice and Benedick and the other between Hero and Claudio. |
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