make a mountain out of a molehill English

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make a mountain out of a molehill Expression

— If you make a mountain out of a molehill, you 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. It could be much worse.

make a mountain out of a molehill verb

— to treat a problem as greater than it is

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overstate

magnify

exaggerate

enlarge