Meaning

1 senses

  1. To exaggerate a problem and perceive it as larger or worse than it actually is.

Examples

27 sentences

  1. You're making a mountain out of a molehill.

    Ти робиш із мухи слона. — deniko

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  2. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.

    Не роби з мухи слона. — deniko

    ruНе делай из мухи слона. — marafon

    deLass die Kirche im Dorf stehen. — Esperantostern

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  3. He makes mountains out of molehills.

    ruОн делает из мухи слона. — mpffll

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  4. She is probably just making a mountain out of a molehill again.

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  5. Tom is probably just making a mountain out of a molehill again.

    ruТом, вероятно, опять просто делает из мухи слона. — marafon

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Origin

From mole + hill. The verb sense comes from the idiom make a mountain out of a molehill.

From mole + hill. The verb sense comes from the idiom make a mountain out of a molehill.

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Forms

molehills, molehilling, molehilled, molehilled
Base formmolehill · to molehill
3rd person singularmolehills
Present participlemolehilling
Past simplemolehilled
Past participlemolehilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymolehill
he, she, itmolehills

Past simpleLesson

all personsmolehilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave molehilled
he, she, ithas molehilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill molehill

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
molemolecularmoleculeB1molestmolestermollifymollusc
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