| 单词 | make a meal (out) of something |
| 释义 | make a meal (out) of somethingmake a meal (out) of something British EnglishBrE informalTOO/TOO MUCHDIFFICULT to spend too much time or effort doing something 花费过多的时间[精力]做某事，对某事小题大做 He made a real meal out of parking the car. 他为了把车停放好真肯花时间。 Examples from the Corpus make a meal (out) of something• And make a meal of the soccer, with Swindon verses West Ham in the live match on Sunday.• Although he made a meal of applying the finish, the ball eventually finished in the net.• The police would go through the motions, but they wouldn't make a meal of it.• You realise then, well enough, that making a meal of plants can demand both skill and knowledge.• A bird that thought so and decided to make a meal of it would quickly die.• Looking for a creative way to make a meal out of leftover scraps of ham, turkey or pork roast?• Bruce Davidson was making a meal of explaining a straight forward case essentially because he was trying to impress Catherine Crane.• By the marks in the sand, it had been felled by a falcon, which made a meal of its flesh. → make a meal (out) of something at meal(1) |
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