make a meal (out) of (something)

British & Australian

to spend more time or energy doing something than is necessary.

I only asked her to write a brief summary of the main points but she made a real meal out of it.

• bound up in
• bound up in something
• bound up with
• bound up with something
• bow and scrape
• bow down
• bow down to
• bow down to someone
• bow down to something
• bowl over
• bowl someone over
• bow out
• bow out of
• bow out of something
• bow to
• bow to something
• box clever
• box ears
• box someone's ears
• boy oh boy
• boys in blue
• boys will be boys
• Boys will be boys.
• brain box
• brain drain