If something is overblown, people have puffed it up: the praise, the fear, the style, or the story is bigger than the thing itself. An overblown claim makes a small fact sound huge. An overblown reaction is more drama than the moment needed.

If something is overblown如果什麼東西overblown, people人們 have puffed it up就是把它吹得誇張了: the praise, the fear, the style, or the story不管是讚美、恐懼、風格還是故事 is bigger than the thing itself都比事情本身還誇大. An overblown claim一個overblown的說法 makes a small fact sound huge會把一件小事講得很嚴重. An overblown reaction一個overblown的反應 is more drama than the moment needed比當下情況需要的還要戲劇化.

It is a critic’s word — newspapers, reviews, arguments — and it is not friendly. You use it to cut something down to size.

It它 is a critic's word是評論者愛用的字 — newspapers, reviews, arguments像報紙、評論、爭論裡 — and而且 it它 is not friendly不是個友善的字. You你 use it用它 to cut something down to size是為了把事情講回原本該有的大小.

Though actually, we also call a flower overblown when it has opened too far and is past its best; that older picture of “blown too much” is still sitting under the “exaggerated” sense. It is not the same as blown over, which is what we say when a storm, or a fuss, has passed and gone.

Though actually不過事實上, we也 also call a flower overblown會說一朵花overblown when it has opened too far是指它開得太過頭 and而且已經 is past its best過了最美的時候; that older picture of "blown too much"那個「開太過」的舊畫面 is still sitting under the "exaggerated" sense仍然藏在「誇大」這個意思底下. It它 is not the same as並不等於 blown over blown over, which is what we say那是我們用來說 when a storm, or a fuss, has passed and gone一陣風暴或一場風波已經過去、結束時的說法.