make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- to cause something simple to seem much more difficult or important.
McAleer knows there's a mistake in the book and promised to correct it, but Rosen continues to complain about it — she's really trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Clever lawyers can make a molehill into a mountain.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form make a molehill out of a mountain - to cause something difficult to be much easier:
By dividing up a big assignment and working on it a little bit every day, you can make a molehill out of a mountain.
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make a mountain out of a molehill — To magnify, overdramatize, etc a trifling matter • • • Main Entry: ↑mole make a mountain out of a molehill see under ↑mole1 • • • Main Entry: ↑mountain * * * make a mountain out of a molehill phrase to treat a minor problem as if it … Useful english dictionary
make a mountain out of a molehill — To think a small problem is a big one; try to make something unimportant seem important. * /You re not hurt badly, Johnny. Stop trying to make a mountain out of a molehill with crying./ * /Sarah laughed at a mistake Betty made in class, and Betty … Dictionary of American idioms
make a mountain out of a molehill — To think a small problem is a big one; try to make something unimportant seem important. * /You re not hurt badly, Johnny. Stop trying to make a mountain out of a molehill with crying./ * /Sarah laughed at a mistake Betty made in class, and Betty … Dictionary of American idioms
make a mountain out of a molehill — If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, they exaggerate the importance or seriousness of a problem … The small dictionary of idiomes
make a mountain out of a molehill — ► make a mountain out of a molehill exaggerate the importance of a minor problem. Main Entry: ↑molehill … English terms dictionary
Make a mountain out of a molehill — Making a mountain out of a molehill is an idiom referring to over reactive, histrionic behaviour where a person makes too much of a minor issue. Metaphor The idiom is a metaphor for the common behaviour of responding disproportionately to… … Wikipedia
make\ a\ mountain\ out\ of\ a\ molehill — To think a small problem is a big one; try to make something unimportant seem important. You re not hurt badly, Johnny. Stop trying to make a mountain out of a molehill with crying. Sarah laughed at a mistake Betty made in class, and Betty won t… … Словарь американских идиом
make a mountain out of a molehill — verb To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial If youre stuck in traffic, try not to make a mountain out of a molehill worrying about it too much. It could be… … Wiktionary
make a mountain out of a molehill — make a big problem out of a small one He is really making a mountain out of a molehill by worrying about his son s problems … Idioms and examples
make a mountain out of a molehill — If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, they exaggerate the importance or seriousness of a problem. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone makes a mountain out of a molehill, they make a small, unimportant problem seem much … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
