๐Ÿพ Mole

"Make a mountain out of a molehill"

Meaning

To make a small problem seem much bigger than it is.

About the mole

Moles burrow unseen underground, which is why their idioms describe hidden problems or secretive digging for information.

Example sentence

Dad made a mountain out of a molehill when I forgot one tomato.

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Which idiom means...

To make a small problem seem much bigger than it is.

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