Question

Make a Mountain out of a Molehill to turn a small, unimportant issue into a big, important one; to exaggerate the importance of something

Accepted Answer

Your 'broken arm' was only a sprained wrist. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. A mountain is huge; a molehill is small. The ancient Greeks had a saying, "make an elephant out of a fly," which became a proverb in French and German. By the mid-1500s people in England were saying "make a mountain out of a molehill," probably because "make," "mountain," and "molehill" all begin with "m," and alliteration helps make an expression fun to say and easier to remember.

Idiom	Make a Mountain out of a Molehill
Example	Your 'broken arm' was only a sprained wrist. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Meaning	to turn a small, unimportant issue into a big, important one; to exaggerate the importance of something
Origin	A mountain is huge; a molehill is small. The ancient Greeks had a saying, "make an elephant out of a fly," which became a proverb in French and German. By the mid-1500s people in England were saying "make a mountain out of a molehill," probably because "make," "mountain," and "molehill" all begin with "m," and alliteration helps make an expression fun to say and easier to remember.

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