make a meal (out) of

idiom

1

: to eat (a particular food) as a meal without anything else

This bread is so good, I could make a meal of it.

2

British, informal : to do (something) in a way that makes it seem more important or difficult than it really is

It's not all that hard, you know! Don't make a meal of it!

Example Sentences

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Could some cicadas have be carrying a disease or parasite that was infecting the birds unlucky enough to make a meal of them? —Brianna Barbu, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2021

Portis could initiate more hand-off actions, call his own number, or seek smaller opponents to make a meal of in the post. —Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022

Keaton and Bowen make a meal of their pleasurably silly good cop/bad cop routine. —K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2022

As in the Stevie Nicks-Tom Petty song, someone’s always about to make a meal of some bright-eyed kid. —New York Times, 13 June 2022

When an infected waterbird dies, a raptor may make a meal of it and become infected in the process. —Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022

The open country is prime hunting ground for hawks that wait atop saguaros, ready to make a meal of any reptile, small mammal or bird that shows itself. —Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2021

Regulars often make a meal of two orders of that alone. —BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021

In its traditional form, the patty is made with a shortcrust-style pastry and filled with spiced beef, ackee or other savory ingredients; often, people make a meal of it by stuffing it into a piece of soft and buttery coco bread. —Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2021

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