Idiom
make a mountain out of a molehill
Meaning
To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please stop making a mountain out of a molehill.”
“You are making a mountain out of a molehill because you are worried about one small typo in your report.”
“It is a minor disagreement, yet he continues to make a mountain out of a molehill, causing unnecessary tension for the entire team.”
Examples
simple
“Please stop making a mountain out of a molehill.”
contextual
“You are making a mountain out of a molehill because you are worried about one small typo in your report.”
complex
“It is a minor disagreement, yet he continues to make a mountain out of a molehill, causing unnecessary tension for the entire team.”
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