mountain out of molehill

NOUN

hyperbole

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hype metaphor overstatement

STRONG

PR amplification coloring distortion embellishment enlargement magnification

WEAK

big talk embroidering laying it on thick tall talk

Antonyms

STRONG

compression decrease lessening

WEAK

understatement

Example Sentences

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mountain out of molehill

They don’t make a mountain out of molehill so much as they erect a new tower of Babel from a grain of sand:

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2016