make a meal of

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of. idiomatic,transitive
    — Some people can make a meal out of the simplest task. If you give it to a busy person, they don’t have time to muck around on the edges and worry about it — they’ll just do it.
  2. To eat something as a meal.
    — Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you.

词形变化

makes a meal of present,singular,third-person making a meal of participle,present made a meal of participle,past made a meal of past make a meal out of alternative
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