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make a mountain out of a molehill
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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