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| Käännös | Konteksti | |
|---|---|---|
| Verbit | ||
| 1. | idiomaattinen | |
| 2. | idiomaattinen | |
| 3. | idiomaattinen | |
| 4. | ||
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (idiomatic, transitive) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.
- To eat something as a meal.
Esimerkit
- Some people can make a meal out of the simplest task. If you give it to a busy person, they don’t have time to muck around on the edges and worry about it — they’ll just do it.
- They both looked good – I would have been happy with either version. There was no point in making a meal of the decision, so I just picked up the one which was nearest to me on the desk and said, ‘We’ll go with this one.’
- page 131: And if he preferred Viva, fine. She wasn't going to make a meal of it or even give them the satisfaction of a scene.
- page 524: Make it quick and painless, she'd told herself, don't make a meal of it.
- Ford's character is a bit one-note, and his gravelly intonation suggests a drunken poet more than a respected newsman, yet he makes a meal of the role all the same, and his pronunciation of the word "frittata" may well be the film's high point.
- Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you.