turn something into an art form

English

Verb

turn something into an art form (third-person singular simple present turns something into an art form, present participle turning something into an art form, simple past and past participle turned something into an art form)

1. To develop something to an impressive or excessive degree.
   • 1994, David Helwig, Just Say the Words, page 217:

     She was glad Martin had called. It would be good to have a natter with him. He always lifted her spirits. She had once told him that he had turned self-pity into an art form, but he was always good for a laugh.

   • 2011, Seán Lang, British History For Dummies, page 112:

     Kings in those days were no strangers to spin and propaganda – look at King Alfred and his carefully crafted Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (see Chapter 6) – but it took the Normans to turn it into an art form.

   • 2022, Eve M. Riley, The Outcast:

     Of course, Georgie decided to take their definition of messing up and turn it into an art form.