Word Network: exaggerate

Unreal Comparisons: Using 'as if' and 'as though' (C2)

conjunctions_connectors

C2

Disappointing Someone (Phrasal Verb: Let down)

prepositions

B1

Dramatic Emphasis: Moving Negatives to the Front (Fronted Inversion)

sentence_structure

C1

Dramatic Reveal: 'Little did I know' (Inversion)

sentence_structure

C1

Fancy 'If' Sentences: Conditional Inversion (Should, Were, Had)

sentence_structure

C1

take it with a grain of salt

To not completely believe something

B2

with a grain of salt

To be skeptical about something; to not believe it completely.

take something with a pinch of salt

To not completely believe something

B2

make a mountain out of a molehill

Exaggerate a small problem.

B1

talk big

To boast or brag about oneself.

at deaths door

very close to dying