make mountain out of molehill

/mohl-hil/US // ˈmoʊlˌhɪl //UK // (ˈməʊlˌhɪl) //

山穷水尽疑无路

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n.名词 noun

1
- : a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.

as inembroider

Synonyms

In both cases, the minority party on both committees thinks the majority is making a mountain out of a molehill.
It is the rawest example yet of our 2013, Twitter-loving, insta-pundit, mountain-out-of-a-molehill media culture.
But is this merely a case of making a mountain out of a molehill—or is there a legitimate reason to be upset?
From a policy point of view, it seems a ludicrous molehill to struggle over.
Few diplomatic events are more embarrassing than a summit that turns into a molehill.
Gran'ma said they were making a mounting out of a molehill—and expelling people did the school no good.
Call it, great lady, by another name; An humble modesty, that would not matchA molehill with Olympus.
She wondered why he, who did not usually trouble over trifles, made such a mountain of this molehill.
To "remind us of Dickens" would be as difficult for many modern novelists as for a molehill to remind us of the Matterhorn.
There is also such a thing as making nothing out of a molehill, in consequence of your head being too high to see it.

/mohl-hil/US // ˈmoʊlˌhɪl //UK // (ˈməʊlˌhɪl) //

山穷水尽疑无路

n.名词 noun

1
- : a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.

as inembroider

Synonyms

In both cases, the minority party on both committees thinks the majority is making a mountain out of a molehill.
It is the rawest example yet of our 2013, Twitter-loving, insta-pundit, mountain-out-of-a-molehill media culture.
But is this merely a case of making a mountain out of a molehill—or is there a legitimate reason to be upset?
From a policy point of view, it seems a ludicrous molehill to struggle over.
Few diplomatic events are more embarrassing than a summit that turns into a molehill.
Gran'ma said they were making a mounting out of a molehill—and expelling people did the school no good.
Call it, great lady, by another name; An humble modesty, that would not matchA molehill with Olympus.
She wondered why he, who did not usually trouble over trifles, made such a mountain of this molehill.
To "remind us of Dickens" would be as difficult for many modern novelists as for a molehill to remind us of the Matterhorn.
There is also such a thing as making nothing out of a molehill, in consequence of your head being too high to see it.