| 单词 | to make an issue of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make an issue (out) of f. to make an issue (out) of and variants: to turn into a subject of contention, to make a fuss about. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > become at variance with [verb (transitive)] > make a matter of contention to make an issue (out) of1889 1889 Nation (N.Y.) 14 Nov. 379/1 He was the first politician in American history to make an ‘issue’ out of the fact that a lady declined to shake hands with him. 1900 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 15 18 Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues made an issue of this policy and openly denounced it in the parliamentary campaign. 1927 New Statesman 21 May 174/2 There seems to be an attempt to create a big issue of Communism versus anti-Communism. 1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 107/1 Sometimes I stiffen and resist and make an issue of having been spanked. 2005 E. Anderson In Game x. 174 Dude, why do they have to make an issue out of it? < as lemmas |
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