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小题大做小题大作xiǎo tí dà zuòa storm(/tempest) in a teapot (/barrel); teapot tempest;break (/crush) a butterfly (/fly) on the wheel;make much (/a lot of)fuss about trifles; make a big to-do about a trifling matter; make much ado about nothing; make a mountain out of a molehill;make a long harvest about (/for) a little corn; make heavy weather of sth;use sledge-hammer on a gnat
❍ 鲁贵(觉得大海～，烦恶地皱着眉毛)你别管啦，……(《曹禺选集·雷雨》117) Lu (frowning with annoyance at what he regards as a lot of fuss about nothing) Oh,give it up.
❍ 而不是说，我们在一切日常事务问题上，在纯粹带实际性质的问题上，都要～，板着面孔来进行党内斗争，都要绝不妥协。(刘少奇《论共产党员的修养》70)It does not mean that we should make a big fuss over small matters,conduct inner-Party struggle with stony faces and never compromise even on routine and on questions of a purely practical nature.
❍ 调兵匪易，不必～，……。(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—227) It’s not so easy to send out troops now. Besides,there’s really no need to make a big to-do aboutt his trifling matter.
❍ 迎春笑道： “没有什么，左不过他们～罢了，何必问他？”(《红楼梦》951) “Not really，” Yingchun told her.“They were making a mountain out of a molehill.It’s nothing to worry about.”/这， 就未免～了。 好好，我同意，我同意。(夏衍《考验》47)That would be making too much of it.Still,I agree.
❍ 孙大夫，这真是从来没见过的事情，真是～。(曹禺《明朗的天》47) Dr Sun,such things certainly never happened before! So much fuss about trifles! 小题大做make a fuss over a trifle;make a mountain out of a molehill;make much ado about nothing;tempest in a teacup |