English Dictionary

make a mountain out of a molehill

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.

日本語の意味

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

She tends to make a mountain out of a molehill whenever something small goes wrong at work.

彼女は職場でちょっとしたことがうまくいかないと、いつも小さな問題を大げさにしてしまう。

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.

If you’re stuck in traffic, try not to make a mountain out of a molehill worrying about it too much. You could be making it much worse.

makes a mountain out of a molehill （ present singular third-person ）

making a mountain out of a molehill （ participle present ）

made a mountain out of a molehill （ participle past ）

made a mountain out of a molehill （ past ）