make mountain out of molehill

embellish

aggrandize amplify color distend dramatize elaborate enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify overdo overemphasize overestimate overstate pad puff romanticize stretch

blow-up build up make federal case overelaborate overembellish play up spread on thick stretch the truth yeast

abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease diminish lessen lower reduce shorten shrink simplify