be stretching itinformal to make something seem more important, bigger etc than it really is 夸大事实,言过其实 He’s a good player, but ‘world-class’ is stretching it. 他是一位优秀的选手,但要说是“世界级的”就有点夸张了。
be stretching it• He's a good player, but calling him "world class" is stretching it.• But four in a row was stretching it too far.
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