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  1. (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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