make a production of

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make a production (out) of something

to make something seem more complicated or difficult to do than it is. If you ask Tom to do anything, he always makes such a production of it that you wish you'd just done it yourself.

make a production (out) of something

to make something seem more complicated or difficult than it is. It's only a couple of hours' work. Do you have to make such a production of it?

Related vocabulary: blow something out of (all) proportion, make a mountain out of a molehill

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