Make+necessary
11make a martyr of yourself — make a martyr of (yourself) to do things which are difficult or unpleasant for you, often when it is not necessary. She s made a real martyr of herself, wearing herself out doing everything for her family …
12make a martyr of — (yourself) to do things which are difficult or unpleasant for you, often when it is not necessary. She s made a real martyr of herself, wearing herself out doing everything for her family …
13make a meal (out) of (something) — British & Australian to spend more time or energy doing something than is necessary. I only asked her to write a brief summary of the main points but she made a real meal out of it …
14make heavy weather of something — make heavy weather of (something/doing something) British & Australian to take a longer time than necessary to do something. He s making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago …
15make heavy weather of doing something — make heavy weather of (something/doing something) British & Australian to take a longer time than necessary to do something. He s making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago …
16make heavy weather of — (something/doing something) British & Australian to take a longer time than necessary to do something. He s making heavy weather of writing his report, Ingrid finished hers days ago …
17make hard work of something — make hard ˈwork of sth idiom to use more time or energy on a task than is necessary Main entry: ↑hardidiom …
18necessary — 1 adjective 1 something that is necessary is what you need to have or need to do; essential: I ll leave it to you to make all the necessary arrangements. (+ for): Food is necessary for life. | it is necessary (for sb) to do sth: It s not… …
19necessary — 01. To really learn vocabulary, it is [necessary] to study it in a variety of ways. 02. It is really [unnecessary] to bring anything to the party; we have lots of food, and plenty of stuff to drink. 03. Higher prices do not [necessarily] mean… …
20necessary — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ make sth ▪ …
