Monday, October 29, 2012

English study: make a mountain out of a molehill

make a mountain out of a molehill also make a molehill into a mountain
 to cause something simple to seem much more difficult or important
Sample sentence :
    1、 McAleer knows there's a mistake in the book and promised to correct it, but Rosen continues to complain about it - she's really trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
    2、Clever lawyers can make a molehill into a mountain.


In Chinese: 小题大作
 

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