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See: MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL.

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make a mountain out of a molehill

[make a mountain out of a molehill] To think a small problem is a big one; try to make something unimportant seem important. * /You're not hurt badly, Johnny. Stop […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

mountain

[mountain] See: [MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

make a federal case out of

[make a federal case out of] See: [MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT], [MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[make much of] {v. phr.} To make something seem of more worth or importance than it really is; praise. * /Visitors made much of the new collie./ * /The boy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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