Chunk up (or exaggerate) on either side
Chunk up (go ‘big picture’) to invalidate their argument.
Ask:
- For what purpose?
- What’s important about this?
- What can I exaggerate?
Statement: Finding a new job is very hard.
Are you saying that when anyone needs to find a job, it would take that person forever, and it would cost that person a leg to do so?
Statement: His laziness at work makes me very angry.
Are you saying you never take a break at work, you are never being a little bit relaxed at times?