How to Say No Without Making It A Big Deal

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Tip 1 - I found great synonyms for "no big deal" on the new Thesaurus.com!

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jeffrey Flegg | permalink

Synonyms for no big deal at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Dictionary and Word of the Day.
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For further reading: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/no%2Bbig%2Bdeal ^[1]

Tip 2 - no+big+deal

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Marcos P Pereira | permalink

no+big+deal in phrases and idioms by The Free Dictionary

For further reading: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/no%2Bbig%2Bdeal ^[2]

Tip 3 - Giving Yourself Permission To Say: “No. It’s Not OK”

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Juan Giraldo 930512 | permalink

Sometimes we have to simply say

For further reading: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/05/01/giving-yourself-permission-to-say-no-its-not-ok/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - How To Stop Making A Big Deal About Your Problems

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Allie Narayan | permalink

Meditation teaches us how to let go. It\u2019s actually a very important aspect of friendliness, which is that you train again and again in not making things such a big deal.  When you have pain in
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Tip 5 - How can I say "make a big deal [about/out of/of] X"?

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alastair Monteith - Hodge | permalink

See title. I'm looking for idiomatic ways to say something like this - over-emphasizing something, worrying about it overly much, etc. Bonus points if a literal 大 (whether read as だい　or おお) is inv...

For further reading: http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2742/how-can-i-say-make-a-big-deal-about-out-of-of-x ^[5]