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of ... proportions — idiom

1. used after an adjective to describe how large, serious, or extreme something is,

1.idiom
Definition

used after an adjective to describe how large, serious, or extreme something is, often suggesting it is surprising or hard to manage

Example

The delay in delivering food supplies created a crisis of humanitarian proportions across the region.

James described the traffic jam as a problem of monumental proportions that no simple solution could fix.