单词 | out of (all) proportion |
释义 | out of (all) proportion From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishout of (all) proportionout of (all) proportionEXAGGERATEtoo big, great, or strong in relation to somethingout of (all) proportion to/with The fear of violent crime has now risen out of all proportion to the actual risk.get/blow something out of proportion (=treat something as more serious than it really is) Aren’t you getting things rather out of proportion? The whole issue has been blown out of all proportion. → proportionExamples from the Corpusget/blow something out of proportion• Things get blown out of proportion.• Things had got a bit out of proportion.• We mustn't get things out of proportion.• The issue was blown far out of proportion. |
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