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Dilay1985 Posted 13 years ago
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Much was made...

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What does "much was made, officially" mean here?

When the revamped National Museum of China opened in Beijing in 2011, much was made, officially, of its being the single largest museum of any kind in the world.
  

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T he idiom is 'much was made of something' , meaning ' There was a big fuss and excitement about something' . . much was made of .

  • T he idiom is 'much was made of something' , meaning ' There was a big fuss and excitement about something' .
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  • much was made of .
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  • its being the single largest museum of any kind in the world.
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The idiom is 'much was made of something', meaning 'There was a big fuss and excitement about something'.

. . . much was made of . . . its being the single largest museum of any kind in the world.

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