Make a meal of it là gì
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Show make a meal of Thành ngữ, tục ngữmake a meal (out) of (something)1. To prepare and eat some food and consider it a full meal, even though it may not resemble a traditional meal. I haven't had a chance to go to the grocery store, but we can probably make a meal out of whatever's left in the fridge. Back in college, we often made a meal of crackers and peanut butterit was all we could afford!2. To do more work than is necessary when completing some task. I just need a rough summary of the numbers for the reportdon't make a meal out of it.See also: make, meal, ofmake a meal of something1. to eat something. The cat made a meal of the fish. They made a meal of the roast beef and enjoyed it very much. 2. to eat enough of something to consider it or have it as a full meal. I really don't want to make a meal of lettuce alone. Can we make a meal of this turkey, or should we save some for sandwiches?See also: make, meal, of make a meal oftreat a task or occurrence with more attention or care than necessary, especially for effect. British informal 1961 Colin Willock Death in Covert Dyson was making a meal of everything. He had carefully paced the distanceHe had stuck sticks in the ground. See also: make, meal, ofmake a ˈmeal of/out of something(informal) do something with more effort and care than it really needs; treat something as more serious than it really is: Just write her a short note dont make a meal of it. Its only a small mistake. Theres no need to make such a meal out of it, is there? OPPOSITE: make nothing of something (1)See also: make, meal, of, out, something
make a meal ofIdiom(s): make a meal of sthTheme: EATING to eat only a large portion of one kind of food as an entire meal. There were lots of salad makings, so we fixed a large salad and made a meal of it. We had tons of leftover turkey after the festival, so the next day we sat down and made a meal of it. |