| Definitions | | make a mountain out of a molehill |
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verb
- (idiom) To treat a problem as larger than it is; to blow something out of proportion unnecessarily.
- If you're stuck in traffic, try not to worrying about it too much. What is the worst that could happen?
Translations: - Dutch: van een mug een olifant maken (to make an elephant out of a fly), (Flanders also) van een muis een olifant maken (to make an elephant out of a mouse)
- French: faire une montagne d'une taupinière
- German: aus einer Mí¼cke einen Elefanten machen (to make an elephant out of a fly)
- Italian: fare di una mosca un elefante (to make an elephant of a fly)
- Spanish: hacer una montaí±a de un grano de arena, hacer de una pulga un elefante (to make an elephant of a flea)
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