Idiom: Making a mountain out of a molehill

Meaning:

• to exaggerate a minor problem; to cause something simple to seem much more difficult or important

Example:

1. You’re making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay – it doesn’t mean you’re going to fail your degree.
2. When the house was untidy, Sara felt stressed. But her husband told her she was “making a mountain out of a molehill.”

“Making a Molehill Out of a Mountain”

Meaning:

• Cause something difficult to be much easier

Example:

• By dividing up a big assignment and working on it a little bit every day, you can make a molehill out of a mountain.