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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 218.
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The name of idiom today is make a mountain out of a molehill.
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If someone makes a mountain out of a molehill, he or she exaggerates something or puts too
much emphasis on an insignificant issue.
Or at least you think it is insignificant.
You think it is not that important.
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Now a molehill, literally a molehill is a small pile of dirt that is made by a mole.
A mole is an animal that lives underground, they usually have very poor eyesight.
That is digging underground.
It is very small.
So if you say someone is making a mountain out of a molehill , it means you are exaggerating.
A molehill is tiny you are comparing it to a real mountain.
So the importance of this issue is more like a molehill which is really small and a mountain
is really huge.
But you are acting like, it is important enough like a whole mountain.
So that is where the idea of this comes from.
All right . Anyway, let's look at several examples here.
This is just the way.
We would use it.
Example number one.
Stop exaggerating.
You always make a mountain out of a molehill.
Yeah.
You could almost hear someone saying that, Using those exact words.
Number two.
This is not serious at all.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Yeah, very often people will say that.
They'll say don't do that.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
And number three.
The media is making a mountain out of a molehill.
What is the big deal ? This is nothing of significance, especially nowadays for some
reason .the media wants to jump on a particular story and make it seem much more important
than it really is.
In that case we are saying they are making a mountain out of a molehill.
It is not that big a deal.
It is not that significant.
But they are making it sound like it is.
Anyway, I hope you got it . I hope it is clear.
Thank you for your time.
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