The phrase 'exaggerate the problem' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation when someone has made a problem appear worse than it actually is. For example, "John tends to exaggerate the problem whenever something goes wrong. It's almost as if he's looking for sympathy."
The statistics may exaggerate the problem.
"I try not to exaggerate the problem.
Responsible politicians should not downplay or exaggerate the problem.
Rising tax rates exaggerate the problem, Mr. Levinson said.
And he does not exaggerate the problem: as he says, improving the lives of black Britons will require revolutions in both schools and justice.
It was in part Rome's fear that the scandal was a stand-in for other issues -- a pretext for those who wanted to exaggerate the problem in order to push just such an agenda -- that made some Vatican officials so slow to believe the depth of the problem in the first place.
"I think Cameron quite deliberately set out to exaggerate the problems because he wanted cover for what he would have done anyway.
Yet even if the ice between North and South Korea really does start to shift, there could still be some dangerous moments ahead.It is hard to exaggerate the problems the two will face even if they are sincerely bent on reconciliation.
Sir Simon Fraser, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, told the House of Commons Brexit committee on Wednesday that the note appeared to exaggerate the problems but agreed there was not yet a central plan for leaving the EU.
As President Obama has remarked on numerous occasions in response to criticism that the deal will exaggerate the problems with NAFTA: This trade deal is not NAFTA!
There are problems and we are all aware of them: children's access to pornography, bullying, adults who would harm children, but we must not let these problems take our attention away from the power and potential of the Internet and we must not exaggerate the problems.
