molehill
[mohl-hil]
noun
Origin of molehill
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Related Words for molehill
mountain, rise, hillock, shock, drift, dune, pile, bank, embankment, knoll, mass, stack, molehill, anthill, tumulus, paltriness, triviality, pettiness, nothingness, inconsequenceExamples from the Web for molehill
Contemporary Examples of molehill
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.
Historical Examples of molehill
That is often a mountain to one which is only a molehill to another.
Out in the Forty-FiveEmily Sarah Holt
I was a little nettled at having been scared for a molehill.
The Celebrity, CompleteWinston Churchill
The newspapers got hold of it and are making a mountain out of a molehill.
Baseball Joe on the GiantsLester Chadwick
He saw now, or thought he saw, that he had been making a mountain out of a molehill.
BeatriceH. Rider Haggard
I soon found my pride was a molehill and my love a mountain.
Hard CashCharles Reade
molehill
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