Significato: federal

fed·er·al || 'fedərəladj. federale, confederale; (am; Pol) federalistan. agente federale, funzionario federale; federalista, sostenitore del federalismo; membro dell'Unione durante la guerra civile americana

Federal Idioma

make a federal case of it

make it too important, make a mountain... Okay, so I used your hair dryer! Don't make a federal case of it.

federal

1. refering to the federal government:"The reasons are several, most of the federal" -- Public Enemy (Black steel in the hour of chaos [1988])
2. something of exceptional quality or of an extreme nature. Used throughout E-40 tapes, probably Bay Area in origin
3. going federal: rising up in the game

make a federal case out of

Idiom(s): make a federal case out of something AND make a big deal about something

Theme: EXAGGERATION

to exaggerate the seriousness of something. (Slang.)
• Come on. It was nothing! Don't make a federal case out of it.
• I only stepped on your toe. Don't make a big deal about it.

federalist

federalist
The Federalist
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a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption

make a federal case of

make a federal case of
Also, make a big deal of. Give undue importance to an issue, as in I'll pay you back next week—you needn't make a federal case of it, or Jack is making a big deal of filling out his passport application. The first hyperbolic expression, almost always used in a negative context, alludes to taking a legal action before a high (federal) court. The second alludes to an important business transaction (see big deal, def. 1).

More Idioms/Phrases

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