0 a story, play, or film in which the characters show stronger emotions than real people usually do: --
a television melodrama
mainly UK The car's hardly damaged - there's no need to make a melodrama out of it (= make the situation more important than it is).
1 a play or style of acting in which the characters behave and show emotion in a more noticeable way than real people usually do --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.