Idiom
blow out of proportion
Meaning
To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please do not blow this small mistake out of proportion.”
“He was late by only five minutes, but his boss blew the situation out of proportion.”
“The media often blows minor political disagreements out of proportion, causing unnecessary public panic and deepening existing social divisions.”
Examples
simple
“Please do not blow this small mistake out of proportion.”
contextual
“He was late by only five minutes, but his boss blew the situation out of proportion.”
complex
“The media often blows minor political disagreements out of proportion, causing unnecessary public panic and deepening existing social divisions.”
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