make\ a\ fuss\ about

make\ a\ fuss\ about
v. phr.
1. To quarrel about something or someone.

I want you kids to stop fussing about who gets the drumstick.

2. To be excessively concerned about someone or something; worry.

Let's not fuss over such an insignificant problem!

3. To show exaggerated care or preoccupation about a person or an animal.

Aunt Hermione is constantly fussing over her old lapdog.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • make a fuss about — • to make a fuss about • to make a fuss over (from Idioms in Speech) to complain or be angry about unimportant things Don t make such a fuss, Mother, he whispered, on the platform, after she had kissed him. I ve only been away a short time. (G.… …   Idioms and examples

  • make a fuss about — express displeasure, complain about …   English contemporary dictionary

  • make a fuss over — • to make a fuss about • to make a fuss over (from Idioms in Speech) to complain or be angry about unimportant things Don t make such a fuss, Mother, he whispered, on the platform, after she had kissed him. I ve only been away a short time. (G.… …   Idioms and examples

  • make\ such\ a\ fuss\ about — v. phr. 1. To quarrel about something or someone. I want you kids to stop fussing about who gets the drumstick. 2. To be excessively concerned about someone or something; worry. Let s not fuss over such an insignificant problem! 3. To show… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make a fuss over — {v. phr.} 1. To quarrel about something or someone. * /I want you kids to stop fussing about who gets the drumstick./ 2. To he excessively concerned about someone or something; worry. * /Let s not fuss over such an insignificant problem!/ 3. To… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a fuss over — {v. phr.} 1. To quarrel about something or someone. * /I want you kids to stop fussing about who gets the drumstick./ 2. To he excessively concerned about someone or something; worry. * /Let s not fuss over such an insignificant problem!/ 3. To… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make\ a\ fuss\ over — v. phr. 1. To quarrel about something or someone. I want you kids to stop fussing about who gets the drumstick. 2. To be excessively concerned about someone or something; worry. Let s not fuss over such an insignificant problem! 3. To show… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make a song and dance (about) —  Make a fuss (about) …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • fuss — /fʌs / (say fus) noun 1. an excessive display of anxious activity; needless or useless bustle. 2. a commotion, argument, or dispute. 3. a person given to fussing. –verb (t) 4. to worry or perturb: going to the dentist doesn t fuss her. –verb (i)… …  

  • fuss´er — fuss «fuhs», noun, verb. –n. 1. much bother about small matters; useless talk and worry; attention given to something not worth it: »She got under weigh with very little fuss (Richard Henry Dana). The king and queen meant to treat this fuss about …   Useful english dictionary

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