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針小棒大 しんしょうぼうだい shinshouboudai

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  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi) yojijukugo exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill

Kanji in this word

needle, pin, staple
little, small
rod, stick, cane
large, big

Example sentences

お前は何でも針小棒大に言う悪い癖がある。
omae ha nan de mo shinshou boudai ni iu warui kuse ga aru 。
You have a habit of exaggerating everything.

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