英和和英

名詞

federal case (plural federal cases)

1. (informal, idiomatic) An exaggerated ordeal; excessive fuss or indignation about some situation.

   So I didn't put the toilet seat down — you don't have to make a federal case out of it.

   • 2010, Zachary Klaas, Time Tourists, page 122:

     You think I'm some kind of codependent ditz overwhelmed by reality outside of Catholic school, and I'm not supposed to make a federal case out of it?

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see federal,‎ case.

同意語

• (something over-exaggerated): big deal, big thing, production, meal, song and dance

参考

• make a mountain out of a molehill

参照

• “federal case”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.