ahogarse en un vaso de agua
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to drown in a glass of water."
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)A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g., take out the trash.).
a. to make a mountain out of a molehill (idiom)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
La gente que se ahoga en un vaso de agua nunca será feliz.People who make a mountain out of a molehill will never be happy.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Ya no puedo con Ana. Siempre que tiene una dificultad, se ahoga en un vaso de agua.I can't stand Ana anymore. Whenever she has a difficulty, she makes heavy weather of it.
Tan solo te pedí que hicieras la compra. ¿Por qué te ahogas en un vaso de agua?I only asked you to buy groceries. Why are you making heavy weather of it?
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