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I must repeat that there has never been any 'for sale' sign around his neck, this story has been blown out of proportion by the media.

Large ears usually cannot be lifted correctly off the head, and even if lifted, they will be out of proportion to the size of the head.

His head is out of proportion to the size of his body.

Remember the old saying, "laugh with you. " So relax, lighten up; do not get things out of proportion.

He has to realize that no one is trying to fight with him, and that his reaction is out of proportion to the situation.

"Today we have reached the point where consumption and people's desire to consume has grown out of proportion, " said Pachauri.

Jobs' attitude throughout was, as he said about 10 minutes in, that the whole thing was "blown out of proportion. "

Normal couples go through similar things everyday, but since this program involves celebrities, it is usually blown out of proportion.

There have been suggestions that Claudio Ranieri could be on his way out, but Amauri believes problems have been blown out of proportion.

One of the main reasons for his hopping jobs is that his earnings in the previous company were out of proportion to his skill and ability.

The growth of management expenses and that of profits ran in a contrary direction and was statistically out of proportion.

SHE MEANS: I may be blowing this out of proportion, but I'm overwhelmed and, yes, I'm taking it out on you.

It exasperated him to see things out of proportion. He believed in Nature's laws, implicitly.

I told him people are waiting for him to have the smallest mistake, and they're going to blow it out of proportion.

It's easy to become worried over the little things: the human mind can blow things way, way out of proportion.

The difficulties with CSR come when companies get it out of proportion.

Graham is a good detective but he has a badtemper, and he tends to blow things out of proportion.

The Collie should instantly appeal as a dog of great beauty, standing with impassive dignity, with no part out of proportion to the whole.

News Corp. 's variety of lousy governance is simple -- one man exerts control wildly out of proportion to his stake in the business.

He price of this article is quite out of proportion to its value.

the population growth of males in china , by recent official count , is out of proportion to that of females.

Tends to express intense and inappropriate anger, out of proportion to the situation at hand. 185.

Her head is out of proportion to the size of her body.

A tummy tuck may cause the thighs to look out of proportion, while plumped lips may make a normal sized nose suddenly appear obtrusive.

More often than not, your fears are unfounded or at least out of proportion.

I think you blew it out of proportion.

MarthaThis is disgusting and i see no way to defend it or spend it out of proportion.

Nowadays, the advertising cost of new products is out of proportion to the production cost.

It claims that the carbon footprint left by domesticated animals is out of proportion to the size of their paws.

The banks, however, show little sign of worry just yet, and many analysts said worries over their health have been blown out of proportion.

"The profits these firms make are so out of proportion with any contribution they make to the economy, " Volcker told me not long ago.

What's actually a simple task may get blown out of proportion, to the extent it becomes subconsciously intimidating.

The unexpected ruins plans. Perhaps the undertaking was superficially and inconsiderately designed: Risk of being blown out of proportion.

In retrospect, Otto says the media blew the furor over the Australian trademark battle out of proportion.

The price of the article is out of proportion to its value.

Appears as dog of great beauty, standing with impassive dignity, with no part out of proportion to whole.

Well apart from the fact that I blew everything WAY out of proportion.

b: i couldn't take your call. don't blow it out of proportion.

But if the intrusion and leaks make operating an enterprise a nightmare of suspicion, then things have got out of proportion.

Some bankers and investors also believe last week's Dubai World restructuring announcement was blown out of proportion.

A worry wart's fears are generally viewed by others as irrational or completely out of proportion to the actual situation.

His facial features were out of proportion to his small frame.

His expenditure is out of proportion to his income this month.

"Something I am picking up from you, " Qui-Gon said. "Anger? Something out of proportion to what happened. "

His earnings were out of proportion to his skill and ability.

Its effect ends up being all out of proportion to the objects discovered, which are, in strictly aesthetic terms, fine but not remarkable.

But anxiety can become a problem when it becomes persistent or is out of proportion to the situation.

His earnings are out of proportion to his skill and ability.

However, other analysts dismissed the jitters as irrational and blown out of proportion.

The psychomotor abnormalities are out of proportion to those observed in severe congenital TH deficiency.

His expenditure is out of proportion to his income.

2 the price of the goods is out of proportion to its value.

if otherwise, we necessarily disapprove of them, as extravagant and out of proportion.

We have the same problems as everyone else, but with Inter everything is blown out of proportion.

No wonder that when recession hit, car sales in the west fell way out of proportion to economic decline.

The door is out of proportion with the window.

They insist that the threat posed by foxes to other animals has been blown out of proportion.

You blow minor things out of proportion, and minimize positive things.

If the park's delicate balance ever fails, the world will lose a treasure far out of proportion to its size.

According to AFP Greg Verga, a member of the school's board said that the idea of a pact has been blown out of proportion.

Your partner will blow situations out of proportion.

Others believe that such measures are out of proportion to the real danger.

He has also claimed that the issue has been "blown out of proportion" by the press.

Situations could easily get blown out of proportion if you have made unreasonable promises.

You can easily to use your mind to blow problems all out of proportion.

You may blow situations out of proportion when dealing with the one you love.

Are things not now grotesquely out of proportion?

Congress was designed so that minorities can wield power well out of proportion to their number if they stick together.

If the park's delicate balance ever fails, the world willlose a treasure far out of proportion to its size.

I like the general style of the building, but the chimneys are out of proportion, they are too big.

A focus on one extreme facet of personality blown out of proportion to cartoonish characterization.

Don't blow situations out of proportion.

And the media blew these rumors out of proportion.

You blew her comment out of proportion.

Food prices were out of proportion to their income.

The pay is out of proportion to the work.

He changed the story and told it way out of proportion.

You have got the statue out of proportion, the head is too big.

When it's a club like Liverpool out of form, it can get blown out of proportion.

'Compare this with how many people are injured by or fear dogs, and fear of wild boar is completely out of proportion. '

Are you serious? You always blow things out of proportion. In any case, I think I'll go take an oatmeal bath.

out of proportion to its importance

The reactions are out of proportion with the size of the leak