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Make a meal.
If someone makes a meal of something, they spend too long doing it or make it look more difficult than it really is.
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Frodo Baggins, being a Hobbit, does like to make a meal of things.
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She made a meal of things - and she had every right.
Make a meal of Shakespeare's Romeo.
I could make a meal of them.
You could easily make a meal of starters and desserts.
Could you make a meal of tapas alone?
I could make a meal of Mr. Nanneti's appetizers.
They make a meal of the lavish, liberally placed samples.
Getting home at 8 30, she makes a meal of, among other things, shrimp, hummus, crackers and smoked salmon from Whole Foods Market, the large organic-foods market at Seventh Avenue and 24th Street.
But safety and submission, you feel, are simply not her thing.While not making a meal of her womanhood, Ms Hadid is clear-eyed about the obstacles to working in a "male-dominated profession": long hours, patronisation and the need to be "obsessive" in your work.
England made a meal of their reply.
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