N-COUNT A molehill is a small pile of earth made by a mole digging a tunnel. 鼹鼠丘
PHRASE If you say that someone is making a mountain out of a molehill, you are critical of them for making an unimportant fact or difficulty seem like a serious one. 小题大做; 大惊小怪 [表不满]
The press, making a mountain out of a molehill, precipitated an unnecessary economic crisis.
新闻界小题大做，促成了一场不必要的经济危机。
In recent years, some parents will make mountains out of molehills when students are asked to do some chores in schools.
近年来，当学生在学校被要求做一些家务时，一些家长就会小题大做。
Men trip not on mountains! They trip on molehills.
人不是被大山绊倒，而是被鼠丘绊倒。
Tommy: Is Sandra making mountains out of molehills again?
汤米：桑德拉又小题大做、喋喋不休了？
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