英语词汇“make a mountain out of a molehill”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

make a mountain out of a molehill

Exaggerate the importance of something trivial: a barrister must make mountains out of molehills, to find a point of law where none had previously been known to exist...

I've visited homes where they've appeared to think the school is making a mountain out of a molehill and it's not their problem.
What am I not being told, and is it because they're afraid of sparking panic, or because the law or the media are afraid of looking like idiots for making a mountain out of a molehill?
The police are making a mountain out of a molehill.

Synonyms

exaggerate, overstate, overemphasize, magnify, amplify, aggrandize, inflate;

embellish, embroider, colour, elaborate, over-elaborate, oversell, overdraw, overplay, dramatize;

hyperbolize, add colour, stretch the truth;

British overpitch

informal pile it on, lay it on thick, lay it on with a trowel/shovel, blow something out of all proportion, make a drama out of a crisis, make a big thing of

British informal shoot a line

archaic draw the longbow

See parent entry: molehill

单词	make a mountain out of a molehill
释义	make a mountain out of a molehill Exaggerate the importance of something trivial: a barrister must make mountains out of molehills, to find a point of law where none had previously been known to exist... I've visited homes where they've appeared to think the school is making a mountain out of a molehill and it's not their problem. What am I not being told, and is it because they're afraid of sparking panic, or because the law or the media are afraid of looking like idiots for making a mountain out of a molehill? The police are making a mountain out of a molehill. Synonyms exaggerate, overstate, overemphasize, magnify, amplify, aggrandize, inflate; embellish, embroider, colour, elaborate, over-elaborate, oversell, overdraw, overplay, dramatize; hyperbolize, add colour, stretch the truth; British overpitch informal pile it on, lay it on thick, lay it on with a trowel/shovel, blow something out of all proportion, make a drama out of a crisis, make a big thing of British informal shoot a line archaic draw the longbow See parent entry: molehill
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