小题大作 meaning in English
make a fuss over a trifling matter; a fuss about a trifle; a great fuss about trifles; a fuss about nothing [a trifling matter]; a great disturbance about a trifle; a long harvest about [for] a little corn; a storm in a tea cup; a tempest in a teapot [barrel; bucket]; break [crush] a fly [a butterfly] on the wheel; great [much] cry and little wool; make a fun about [over] trifles; make a mountain out of a molehill; much ado about nothing; strain at a gnat; use a sledge-hammer on a gnat; too much of a little matter
Examples
- That's why we're making such a fuss over her .
所以我们才为她这么小题大作。 - Don't make a mountain out of a molehill .
你不要小题大作了。 - It seems like making a great disturbance about nothing particular .
看来好象是小题大作。 - Women always exaggerated .
妇女们总好小题大作。 - I wouldn't magnify it .
我不想拿它小题大作。