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make a meal of

verb

To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of.
To eat something as a meal.
Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you.

Word Frequency 1800~2019

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mandate
affair
untwist
vividly
iciness
backstage
attest
reawake
candle
chamber
duckling
slashing
rare
aim
flatten
overspend
statue
paycheck
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make a big thing out of
cook up a storm
make a pig of oneself
make heavy weather of
make a pig out of oneself
make hard work of
make a mountain out of a molehill
make heavy going of
eat someone out of house and home
make game of
make a career of
make a nuisance of oneself
make mincemeat of
make mileage out of
make mincemeat out of