production

Related to production: Production manager, Factors of production, Production function, Post production

make a production (out) of (something)

To make something much more elaborate, complicated, and/or difficult than it is or needs to be. We're just going for a drive into the countryside for the afternoon. I don't know why you're making a big production out of it. The bosses always like to make a big production of our weekly meetings, when they could just save us all the time and send the information in an email.
See also: make, of, production

on (the) production of (something)

Upon showing or presenting something. Guests will only be allowed inside on production of their invitations. You will be able to withdraw the funds on the production of government-approved identification.
See also: of, on, production
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

make a production of something

If someone makes a production of something, they make it seem much more complicated, difficult or important than is necessary. I don't know why we insisted on making such a production of these dinners, because by the time Julian arrived we were always exhausted. He made a production of brushing his hands clean on his pant legs. Note: A production here is something such as a play or a musical.
See also: make, of, production, something
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

make a production of

do something in an unnecessarily elaborate or complicated way.
See also: make, of, production
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

on production of something

(formal) when you show something: Discounts will only be given on production of your student ID card.
See also: of, on, production, something
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • make a production (out) of (something)
  • make a production of
  • make a production of something
  • in a small way
  • (Do) you mean to say (that) (something is the case)?
  • (Do) you mean to tell me (that) (something is the case)?
  • make ready to (do something)
  • give (someone) the royal treatment
  • a nod is as good as a wink
  • a nod's as good as a wink
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In March 2015 the seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index decreased on a monthly basis by 2.4% in the mining and quarrying industry, by 0.6% in manufacturing, and by 0.2% in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply.
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The latest statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) indicated that the Sultanate's total production of electricity till the end of December 2014 reached 28755.8 GW per hour compared to the production recorded in 2013; which reached 26240.4 GW per hour, with an increase rate of 9.6%.
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Although there are existing production methods that use plant sources, such as soybeans, it is difficult to produce large amounts at an economical price.
Kyowa Hakko Develops World's First Fermentation-based Commercial Production Method for L-Tyrosine
Anglo Platinum's refined output of metal for the first half of the year benefited from improved production levels and the processing of the build-up in its stores of untreated concentrates following the closure of its Polokwane smelter in the Limpopo province of South Africa during the fourth quarter of 2005, which resulted from a steam explosion at the plant.
A world stage: global factors are pushing platinum group metals to historically high price levels
This resulted in DoD's establishing an acquisition category (ACAT) ID program and approving the simultaneous start of engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) and low rate initial production (LRIP) in March 2001.
Transitioning an ACTD to an acquisition program: lessons learned from Global Hawk
Amidst growing fears that General Motors, the world's largest car manufacturer, will go bust, Toyota Motor Company is rapidly expanding and on course to surpass GM in production this year.
Toyota as number one: continuous improvement key to success
THE PRINCETON GEOLOGIST Ken Deffeyes warns that the imminent peak of global oil production will result in "war, famine, pestilence and death" Deffeyes, author of 2001's Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage and 2005's Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak, predicted that the peak of global oil production would occur this past Thanksgiving.
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