Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small mound of loose earth raised by a burrowing mole.
- idiom (make a mountain out of a molehill) To exaggerate a minor problem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little hill, hillock, mound, or ridge of earth thrown up by moles in burrowing underground.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
mound ofearth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
Etymologies
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Examples
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As I said, the policy may be ineffectual and, therefore, misguided, but criticism that makes a mountain out of a molehill is also misguided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » San Jose State University Continues to Suspend All Blood Drives on Campus 2010
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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
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The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.
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In this fight, the Clinton camp is the more aggressive of the two, and it's adept at what might be called molehill politics: making a very big deal in the press about something that's a very small deal — such as a single word in a mailing or a slip-up by an aide.
Molehill Politics Drew, Elizabeth 2008
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I ascended this mountain, which might better be called a molehill, by a flight of a hundred and thirty steps.
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I ascended this mountain, which might better be called a molehill, by a flight of a hundred and thirty steps.
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Hey, Comrade Markey, this "molehill" was manufactured by your own "scientists" who themselves don't believe in global warming as is evidenced by their desperate need to "hide the decline."
Latest Articles Taxpayer-funded globalwarming.house.gov 2009
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“Don't make mountain out of a molehill. .doesn't india's media have something else to report about???”
Global Voices in English » Nepal: Maternal Health Care Challenges 2009
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I only have to make a molehill of it all by the end of the day.
A Day in Newport (Three Days Ago) greygirlbeast 2009
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