Last Updated:2025/11/20
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
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make a mountain out of a molehill
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Source Word
make a mountain out of a molehill
Verb
idiomatic
transitive
Japanese Meaning
些細な問題を大袈裟に扱う / 問題を実際以上に大きなものとして扱う / 重要でない事柄を過大評価する
( present singular third-person )
( participle present )
( participle past )
( past )