molehill

English - Turkish

Definition of molehill in English Turkish dictionary: make a mountain out of a molehill habbeyi kubbe yapmak; köstebek tepeciği; {i} köstebek yuvası; köstebek tepesi; köstebeklerin yeraltını oyarak çıkardıkları toprak yığnı; köstebek tepe; pireyi deve yapmak; {i} önemsiz şey
make a mountain out of a molehill: pireyi deve yapmak
make a mountain out of a molehill: dışarı pireyi deve yapmak
make a mountain of a molehill: bire bin katmak
make a mountain of a molehill: habbeyi kubbe yapmak
make a mountain of a molehill: pireyi deve yapmak

English - English

Definition of molehill in English English dictionary: A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground; disapproval If you say that someone is making a mountain out of a molehill, you are critical of them for making an unimportant fact or difficulty seem like a serious one. The British press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis. a small pile of earth made by a mole make a mountain out of a molehill mountain; A molehill is a small pile of earth made by a mole digging a tunnel; {n} a hilloc made by a mole; A small mound of earth created by a moles burrowing underneath the surface of the ground; {i} hill of soil made by mole (burrowing rodent); a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing; A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty
make a mountain out of a molehill: To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial
If you're stuck in traffic, try not to make a mountain out of a molehill worrying about it too much. It could be much worse.
made a mountain out of a molehill: made a big deal out of nothing, was afraid for no reason
make a mountain out of a molehill: {f} exaggerate the importance of something, create a major problem out of a small one, exaggerate a problem
molehills: plural of molehill

molehill

Hyphenation

mole·hill

mōlhîl

/ˈmōlˌhəl/ /ˈmoʊlˌhɪl/

() From mole + hill.

History

Favorites