se noyer dans un verre d'eau

/sə nwa.je dɑ̃ zœ̃ vɛʁ do/

verb B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
se noie dans un verre d'eau
past
s'est noyé dans un verre d'eau
perfect
noyé dans un verre d'eau

Meaning

  1. to make a mountain out of a molehill

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

faire d'une mouche un éléphant

Two idioms for "to make a mountain out of a molehill" — one literally "to make an elephant out of a fly," the other "to drown in a glass of water," both meaning the same thing.

Practice

1 What does se noyer dans un verre d'eau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ne te noie pas dans un ___ d'eau pour si peu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches se noyer dans un verre d'eau?

verb

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