[Idiom] MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL. - Improve Your Perspective Skills in English

Exaggerate a small problem.

To "make a mountain out of a molehill" is to make a big issue out of a minor problem. This idiom is used to suggest that someone is overreacting or making too much fuss about something relatively trivial.

Example Sentences

1. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill; it was just a small mistake.

   meaning of the sample sentence 1: He is being advised not to exaggerate a small mistake into a big issue.

2. She always makes a mountain out of a molehill over the littlest things.

   meaning of the sample sentence 2: She tends to treat small issues as if they are much bigger than they really are.

3. He’s making a mountain out of a molehill; that issue isn’t as big as he’s portraying it.

   meaning of the sample sentence 3: He is exaggerating the severity of a problem, making it seem larger than it is.