- 針小棒大
- しんしょうぼうだい
exaggeration
making a mountain out of a molehill* * *しんしょうぼうだい【針小棒大】¶ → 針小棒大に言う* * *しんしょうぼうだい【針小棒大】exaggeration.●針小棒大の 〔誇張された〕 exaggerated; magnified; 〔大げさな〕 bombastic; highly flown; highfalutin(g); overshot.
針小棒大に with exaggeration; exaggeratedly.●針小棒大に言う exaggerate; overstate; make a mountain (out) of a molehill; magnify a needle to the proportions of a stick
・危険を針小棒大に言う exaggerate [magnify] the peril.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.