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make a mountain out of a molehill
idiom
to make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem: 小题大做
You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're going to fail.你在小题大做——你一篇论文没有写好，但这并不意味着你就会不及格。
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make a mountain out of a molehill | American Dictionary
make a mountain out of a molehill
idiom
to cause something unimportant to seem important:
Stop worrying! You're making a mountain out of a molehill.
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