make a production (out) of sth
to make something seem more difficult or complicated to do than it is:
If you ask Tom to do anything, he always makes such a production of it that you wish you'd just done it yourself.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiddly
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- murky
- picnic
- problematic
- punishing
- rigorous
- schlep
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
See more results »