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!

Examples of make a meal (out) of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lonomia young are juicy little grubs, just the sort that small birds and mammals might make a meal out of. —Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2017

And the human butcher wasn’t the only individual who attempted to make a meal of this particular leg bone. —Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023

Paige DeSorbo doesn't think her boyfriend Craig Conover is quite ready to make a meal out of the Big Apple. —Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023

Fans of awkward comedy will make a meal out of watching Stath attempt to turn each apartment’s worst features into selling points. —Wired, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023

What’s your plan if a dog goes after a cat or another dog or a cat tries to make a meal out of a bird? —Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2023

People can make a meal out of the dips and the nutritionally questionable sticks and chips surrounding them. —Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022

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