ahogarse en un vaso de agua — meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin AmericaGeneralcolloquialinformal
  • To be overwhelmed or incapacitated by a trivial problem; to make a small difficulty seem much larger than it is.

  Examples

  Beta

  • No te ahogues en un vaso de agua por ese problema menor, seguro que se resolverá pronto.

    Don't get overwhelmed by that minor problem; it will surely be resolved soon.

  • Cuando Ana se olvidó las llaves, parecía que se ahogaba en un vaso de agua, pero solo era un pequeño contratiempo.

    When Ana forgot her keys, she seemed overwhelmed by a trivial issue, but it was just a small setback.

  • No hay que ahogarse en un vaso de agua; estos obstáculos son parte normal del aprendizaje.

    You shouldn't make a mountain out of a molehill; these obstacles are a normal part of learning.