jmdict 1366260 Active (id#1161793)
針小棒大
しんしょうぼうだい
  1. [adj-na,n] [yoji]
    • exaggeration
    • making a mountain out of a molehill
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2159610 針ほどのことを棒ほどに言う【はりほどのことをぼうほどにいう】 1. exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
History:
    • A 2014-08-25 02:01:19 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
      -*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Refs
      Kanji Haitani list
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +13 @@
      +<misc>&yoji;</misc>
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