Meanings (ES + gloss)
ahogarse en un vaso de agua • hacer de una pulga un elefante • hacer una montaña de un grano de arena
To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
1573, John Bridges, The Supremacie of Christian Princes Over All Persons Throughout Theor Dominions, London: Humphrey Toye, Division 18, p. 553, to slaunder the Gospell ye aggrauat…
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.
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