make a song and dance about something

相關詞: song

成語

Definition

  1. To exaggerate the importance of something, often creating unnecessary fuss or attention around it.

    小題大作

    • They only asked him to make a slight change to the report, but he made such a song and dance about it.

      他們只要求他對報告稍作修改,但他卻對此小題大作。

    • She was only a few minutes late, but she made a song and dance about it as if it were a major catastrophe.

      她只是遲到了幾分鐘,卻小題大做,好像這是場重大災難似的。

    • When they asked her to do extra work, she made a song and dance about it.

      當他們要求她做額外的工作時,她對此小題大作。