In both cases, the minority party on both committees thinks the majority is making a mountain out of a molehill.
But is this merely a case of making a mountain out of a molehill—or is there a legitimate reason to be upset?
Few diplomatic events are more embarrassing than a summit that turns into a molehill.
That is often a mountain to one which is only a molehill to another.
I was a little nettled at having been scared for a molehill.
The newspapers got hold of it and are making a mountain out of a molehill.
He saw now, or thought he saw, that he had been making a mountain out of a molehill.
I soon found my pride was a molehill and my love a mountain.
Oh, it's absurd, you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
A mountain crowned by a molehill could not have looked more ridiculous.