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make a mountain out of a molehill

make a mountain out of a molehill verb: to treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.

Verb

make a mountain out of a molehill (third-person singular simple present makes a mountain out of a molehill, present participle making a mountain out of a molehill, simple past and past participle made a mountain out of a molehill)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
    • If you’re stuck in traffic, try not to make a mountain out of a molehill worrying about it too much. You could be making it much worse.
    • to slaunder the Gospell ye aggrauate many lies, & will make a mountaine of a mole hill1573, John Bridges, The Supremacie of Christian Princes Over All Persons Throughout Theor Dominions, London: Humphrey Toye, Division 18, p. 553

make a mountain out of a molehill meaning in Kannada, Indonesian and Vietnamese

make a mountain out of a molehill in Kannada

ಹುತ್ತವನ್ನು ಬೆಟ್ಟಮಾಡು, ಅಲ್ಪವನ್ನು ಅತಿಮಾಡು, ಬದನೆಕಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರಾಕ್ಷಸ ಮಾಡು

make a mountain out of a molehill in Indonesian

to treat a problem as greater than it is
membuat gunung dari sarang tikus mondok

make a mountain out of a molehill in Vietnamese

to treat a problem as greater than it is
chuyện bé xé ra to

Forms of make a mountain out of a molehill

third-person singular presentmakes a mountain out of a molehill
present participlemaking a mountain out of a molehill
past participlemade a mountain out of a molehill
pastmade a mountain out of a molehill
alternative formmake mountains out of molehills

Words formed from make a mountain out of a molehill

Questions about make a mountain out of a molehill

What does make a mountain out of a molehill mean?
Make a mountain out of a molehill means to treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
What is make a mountain out of a molehill in Kannada?
Make a mountain out of a molehill in Kannada is ಹುತ್ತವನ್ನು ಬೆಟ್ಟಮಾಡು, ಅಲ್ಪವನ್ನು ಅತಿಮಾಡು, ಬದನೆಕಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರಾಕ್ಷಸ ಮಾಡು. See Make a mountain out of a molehill meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is make a mountain out of a molehill?
Make a mountain out of a molehill is a verb.
What is the past tense of make a mountain out of a molehill?
The past tense of make a mountain out of a molehill is made a mountain out of a molehill.

Words near make a mountain out of a molehill in the dictionary

  1. make a meal out of
  2. make a mistake
  3. make a mockery of
  4. make a monkey of
  5. make a monkey out of
  6. make a mountain out of a molehill
  7. make a move
  8. make a muscle
  9. make a name for oneself
  10. make a night of it
  11. make a noise in the world

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