Make a meal

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English

Intransitive verb

make a meal

1. ((idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated
   • That is the eleventh edit that you have made to that word, you are really making a meal of it

Translations

• French faire tout un plat