گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'make a federal case of'

1 general:: 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).