make heavy weather of

意味

to treat an easy task as more difficult than it is

簡単なことを実際以上に難しく扱う.

例文

1. 1Tom made heavy weather of the flat-pack wardrobe, which should take twenty minutes.
2. 2Don't make heavy weather of the essay; just answer the question and give two examples.
3. 3It's only a two-page form, but Dad is making heavy weather of it as usual.
4. 4Why did Leo make heavy weather of a recipe with only four ingredients?
5. 5The new trainee made heavy weather of a task that the rest of us finish before lunch.

文法

形が変わるのは make だけ（made、making）。難しく思えるものは of の後に続き、名詞、it、または -ing 形を置く。