針小棒大
しんしょうぼうだい
shinshouboudai
JMdict entry #1366260
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi) yojijukugo exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
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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.