make a federal case out of something



make a federal case out of something

tv. to exaggerate the importance of an error; to overdo something. Do you have to make a federal case out of everything?
See also: case, federal, make, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Manfredo-Italian
Mihovil-Croatian
GabiGAH-bee (German)German, Romanian, Hungarian
KitKITEnglish
Mitja-Slovene
Mirko-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Italian