idiom
make a mountain out of a molehill
MAYK ah MOWNtin owt ov ah MOHL-hil
meɪk ə ˈmaʊntɪn aʊt ɒv ə ˈmoʊlhɪlListen
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Syllable breakdown
makeamountainoutofamolehill
Dictionary meaning
to greatly exaggerate the importance of a small problem; to treat a trivial difficulty as if it were a serious crisis; to allow anxiety to inflate a minor obstacle into a major catastrophe
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