| 词汇 | molehill |
| 释义 | molehill noun[ C ] uk /ˈməʊl.hɪl/ us /ˈmoʊl.hɪl/ a small pile of earth pushed up to the surface of the ground by the digging of a mole (= a mammal that lives underground): 鼹鼠丘 The river bank was dotted with molehills. Although there are a lot of molehills, there's probably only one mole. maskalin/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages a small problem, mistake, or amount of something: It should be seen as a molehill, not a mountainous mistake. She makes all these plot molehills seem much more significant than they really are. See also make a mountain out of a molehill He was annoyed to find his formerly immaculate lawn covered in molehills. I have read that earth from molehills makes good potting compost. A chemist will quibble over the width of a single atom as though it represents the difference between a mountain and a molehill. They seemed to regard the £1 trillion debt mountain as more of a molehill. Misunderstandings should be sorted out as quickly as possible — there's no point letting a molehill turn into an Eiffel Tower. Animal dwellings - natural anthill arboreal biome burrow byre cobweb earth eyrie foxhole guest habitat hole holt lair lodge rookery sett spider's web warren wildlife corridor You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Difficult things and people Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences Examples of molehillmolehill The best of them can accordingly often convert mountains into molehills. For all this revolution in the conditions of old age pensioners this mountain has produced the molehill of a miserable "tanner" a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can perfectly well be put right in another place, and my noble kinsman is making a mountain out of a molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We really are making a mountain out of a molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What mountains have been made out of a molehill! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears to me that we are endangering the principle of not making mountains out of very small molehills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In practice, the unsurmountable obstacle proved little more than a molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that on this issue everybody is making a mountain out of a molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I simply say to my colleagues that they are making a mountain of a molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not even molehills of reasons; they are hardly any reasons at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me in this instance that he is making a mountain out of a molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we are making a mountain out of a molehill, because my attitude would be slightly different. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I really think that a mountain has been made out of a molehill in this busi- ness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He rather made a large mountain out of a very small molehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Education is about climbing mountains, not skipping molehills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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