Make a mountain out of a molehill
夸大其词,大惊小怪,庸人自扰,小题大作
🧩 词语组成解析
make
[mek]
vt. 做，制造;生产，制定;使成为;使产生;
vi. 开始;尝试;行进;增大;
n. 制造;生产量;性格;形状，样式;
out
[aʊt]
adv. 出局;在外，在外部;完全，彻底;出版;
prep. （表示来源）从;（从…里）出来;（表示不在原状态）脱离;离去;
vt. 使熄灭;揭露;驱逐;
adj. 外面的;出局的;下台的;外围的;
n. 不流行;出局;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
molehill
[['məuˌhil]]
n. 鼹鼠丘, 琐事
🗣️ 情景例句
Compared with the West, people in the East place much importance on family.
与西方相比，东方人的家庭观念更浓些。
Let the hands get busy, not the mouth.
手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。
Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！