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From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
make a mountain out of a molehill
vb.
(lb en transitive idiomatic) To treat#Verb a problem as greater than
it is; to blow out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of
something trivial.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
make a mountain out of a molehill
vb.
(lb en transitive idiomatic) To treat#Verb a problem as greater than
it is; to blow out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of
something trivial.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
make a mountain out of a molehill
vb.
(lb en transitive idiomatic) To treat#Verb a problem as greater than
it is; to blow out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of
something trivial.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
make a mountain out of a molehill
vb.
(lb en transitive idiomatic) To treat#Verb a problem as greater than
it is; to blow out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of
something trivial.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
make a mountain out of a molehill
Englanti vb.
tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
make a mountain out of a molehill /mˌeɪk ɐ mˈaʊntɪn ˌaʊtəv ɐ mˈəʊlhɪl/
aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen [übtr.]
Synonym: make mountains out of molehills
see: gnat, skeeter
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
make a mountain out of a molehill /mˌeɪk ɐ mˈaʊntɪn ˌaʊtəv ɐ mˈəʊlhɪl/
härkänen, tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen
to treat a problem as greater than it is
From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
make a mountain out of a molehill /mˌeɪk ɐ mˈaʊntɪn ˌaʊtəv ɐ mˈəʊlhɪl/
gjøre en fjær til fem høns
to treat a problem as greater than it is
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
make a mountain out of a molehill /mˌeɪk ɐ mˈaʊntɪn ˌaʊtəv ɐ mˈəʊlhɪl/
göra en höna av en fjäder
to treat a problem as greater than it is
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
夸大其词,大惊小怪,庸人自扰,小题大作
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