molehill
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈmoʊlˌhɪl/
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montículo
- The visible marks left by moles—molehills—surface in at least forty-five of Clare's middle-period poems.
- make a molehill
- mountains are molehills
Examples
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You're making a mountain out of a molehill here.
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While walking in the park, I stumbled upon a small molehill covered in grass.
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You think we might be making a mountain out of a molehill here? -
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If you wish to create a mountain out of a molehill, simply follow the directions below.
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There's a molehill there, look.
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They're making a mountain out of a molehill.
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You're making a mountain out of a molehill.
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Whatever it is, I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
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You're making mountains out of molehills.
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I'm an idiot, worrying myself about things that don't exist and making mountains out of molehills.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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6.4
Treat a small problem as if it were very serious
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Etymology
The word molehill is simply mole 'a small animal that lives underground' plus hill 'a small raised area of ground'. So a molehill is the little mound a mole pushes up while it digs, which is why we call those small garden mounds 'molehills'.