to blow something far / way out of proportion
[blow] {sth} out of all proportionto blow something far / way out of proportion
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to make a situation appear much bigger or more serious than it actually is
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I'm sure he did n't mean anything by that comment — don't blow it out of proportion.
Of course, when the papers get hold of a story, it's blown out of all proportion.
