make a mountain out of mole hill

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• make a mountain out of a mole hill — make a problem bigger, exaggerate a problem    I spent $50, not $500! Don t make a mountain out of a mole hill …   English idioms

• mole|hill — «MOHL HIHL», noun. 1. a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by moles burrowing under the ground. 2. something insignificant. ● ↑make a mountain out of a molehill, ● ↑make a mountain of a molehill, See under mountain. (Cf. ↑mountain) …   Useful english dictionary

• mole·hill — /ˈmoʊlˌhıl/ noun, pl hills [count] : a small pile of dirt that is pushed up by a mole when it digs tunnels underground make a mountain out of a molehill : to make something seem much more difficult or important than it really is She thought that… …   Useful english dictionary

• River Mole, Surrey — The River Mole is a river in southern England, which rises in West Sussex near Gatwick Airport and flows north west through Surrey for 80 km (50 miles) to the River Thames near Hampton Court Palace. The river gives its name to the Surrey district …   Wikipedia

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• molehill — mole|hill [ˈməulˌhıl US ˈmoul ] n a small pile of earth made by a ↑mole →make a mountain out of a molehill at ↑mountain …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• exaggerate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overdraw, overstate, embellish, embroider, misrepresent, falsify, magnify, inflate, expand, amplify, heighten, intensify, distort, enlarge on, stretch, stretch the truth, overemphasize, hyperbolize, go to extremes, give… …   English dictionary for students

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• Molehill — Mole hill , n. A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty; as, to make a mountain out of a molehill. [1913 Webster] Having leapt over such mountains, lie …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English