exaggerate 言过其实
分类: 英语学习方法
“言过其实”,汉语成语,意思是言语浮夸,超过实际才能。后形容说话过分,不符合事实。可以翻译为“exaggerate,overstate或make an overstatement”等。
例句:
别太在意她说的话。她往往言过其实。
Don't worry too much about what she said. She tends to dramatize things.
这家报纸对此事的报道有点言过其实了。
The newspaper's description of the accident was a little too strong.