make something more difficult
1make something seem like a picnic — make (something) seem like a picnic if a difficult experience makes another experience seem like a picnic, it makes it seem very easy because it is much more difficult. University makes school seem like a picnic …
2make a production (out) of something — informal phrase to make something more difficult, complicated, or noticeable than is necessary Thesaurus: to make something more obvious or noticeablesynonym Main entry: production …
3make heavy weather of something — phrase to make a situation or job more difficult than it really is Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym Main entry: heavy * * * make heavy ˈweather of sth idiom to seem to find sth more difficult or complicated than it needs to be …
4make 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 …
5make a mountain out of a molehill — To magnify, overdramatize, etc a trifling matter • • • Main Entry: ↑mole make a mountain out of a molehill see under ↑mole1 • • • Main Entry: ↑mountain * * * make a mountain out of a molehill phrase to treat a minor problem as if it …
6make hard work of something — make hard work of (something/doing something) to do something in a way which makes it more difficult than it should be. He s really making hard work of that ironing …
7make hard work of doing something — make hard work of (something/doing something) to do something in a way which makes it more difficult than it should be. He s really making hard work of that ironing …
8make hard work of — (something/doing something) to do something in a way which makes it more difficult than it should be. He s really making hard work of that ironing …
9make seem like a picnic — make (something) seem like a picnic if a difficult experience makes another experience seem like a picnic, it makes it seem very easy because it is much more difficult. University makes school seem like a picnic …
10make a meal — If someone makes a meal of something, they spend too long doing it or make it look more difficult than it really is …
