"make a mountain out of a molehill" meaning in English

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          "text": "If you’re stuck in traffic, try not to make a mountain out of a molehill worrying about it too much. You could be making it much worse.",
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          "text": "1573, John Bridges, The Supremacie of Christian Princes Over All Persons Throughout Theor Dominions, London: Humphrey Toye, Division 18, p. 553,\nto slaunder the Gospell ye aggrauate many lies, & will make a mountaine of a mole hill"
        },
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          "text": "1642, James Howell, Instructions for Forreine Travell, London: Humphrey Mosley, Section 14, p. 176-177,\nOthers have a custome to bee always relating strange things and wonders, […] they make Mountaines of Mole-hils, like Charenton-Bridge-Eccho, which doubles the sound nine times."
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          "text": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin, John Smith, Volume 3, Book 15, Chapter 10, pp. 170-171,\nFor of all the Powers exercised by this Passion over our Minds, one of the most wonderful is that of supporting Hope in the midst of Despair. […] Yet it is equally true, that the same Passion will sometimes make Mountans of Mole-hills, and produce Despair in the midst of Hope;"
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        "To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial."
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          "word": "magnify"
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          "word": "make a big thing out of"
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        {
          "word": "much ado about nothing"
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        {
          "word": "sweat the small stuff"
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        {
          "word": "tempest in a teapot"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "note": "լվից ուղտ շինել (lvicʿ uġt šinel, literally “to make a camel out of a louse”)",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "milçəkdən fil düzəltmək"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "rabicʹ z muxi slana",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "рабіць з мухі слана"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "fer-ne una muntanya (d'un gra de sorra)"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "ofegar-se en un got d'aigua"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "小題大作"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎotídàzuò",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "小题大作"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "dělat z komára velblouda"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gøre en myg til en elefant"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "van een mug een olifant maken"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "van een muis een olifant maken"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "fari el muŝo elefanton"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "teha sääsest elevant"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gera nógv burtur úr ongum"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "faire tout un fromage de"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "se noyer dans un verre d’eau"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "faire une montagne d’une souris"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "faire une montagne d’une taupinière"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aus einem Furz einen Donnerschlag machen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "káno tin trícha trichiá",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "κάνω την τρίχα τριχιά"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pnígomai se mia koutaliá neró",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "πνίγομαι σε μια κουταλιά νερό"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "raá tsel harím keharím",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "רָאָה צֵל הָרִים כְּהָרִים"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'asá mizvúv pil",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "עָשָׂה מִזְּבוּב פִּיל"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'asá me'akhbár har",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "עָשָׂה מֵעַכְבָּר הַר"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "rāī kā pahāḍ banānā",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "राई का पहाड बनाना"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "bolhából elefántot csinál"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gera úlfalda úr mýflugu"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "membuat gunung dari sarang tikus mondok"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "fare di una mosca un elefante"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tüimedeidı tüiedei etu",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "түймедейді түйедей ету"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "침소봉대(針小棒大) (chimsobongdae, literally “pin-thin (goes) stick-thick”)",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "견문발검(見蚊拔劒) (gyeonmunbalgeom, literally “to see a mosquito and draw a sword”)",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
        },
        {
          "alt": "怒蠅拔劒",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "noseungbalgeom",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "노승발검"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "mêş kirin gamêş"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "nodum in scirpo quero"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gjøre en fjær til fem høns"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gjøre en mygg til en elefant"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gjere ein mygg til ein elefant"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "robić z igły widły"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "robić z muchy słonia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fazer tempestade em copo d'água"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fazer uma tempestade num copo de água"
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        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "rāī dā pahāṛ baṇāuṇā",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "ਰਾਈ ਦਾ ਪਹਾੜ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "face din țânțar armăsar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "де́лать из му́хи слона́ (délatʹ iz múxi sloná, literally “to make an elephant out of a fly”)",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "urobiť z komára somára"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "narediti iz muhe slona"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "hacer una montaña de un grano de arena"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "hacer de una pulga un elefante"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "ahogarse en un vaso de agua"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "göra en höna av en fjäder"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "pireyi deve yapmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "робити з мухи слона (robyty z muxy slona, literally “to make an elephant out of a fly”)",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "chuyện bé xé ra to"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
          "word": "gwneud môr a mynydd"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "note": "լվից ուղտ շինել (lvicʿ uġt šinel, literally “to make a camel out of a louse”)",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "milçəkdən fil düzəltmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rabicʹ z muxi slana",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "рабіць з мухі слана"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "fer-ne una muntanya (d'un gra de sorra)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "ofegar-se en un got d'aigua"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "小題大作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎotídàzuò",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "小题大作"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "dělat z komára velblouda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gøre en myg til en elefant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "van een mug een olifant maken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders"
      ],
      "word": "van een muis een olifant maken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "fari el muŝo elefanton"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "teha sääsest elevant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gera nógv burtur úr ongum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "faire tout un fromage de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "se noyer dans un verre d’eau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "faire une montagne d’une souris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "faire une montagne d’une taupinière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "aus einem Furz einen Donnerschlag machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káno tin trícha trichiá",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "κάνω την τρίχα τριχιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pnígomai se mia koutaliá neró",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "πνίγομαι σε μια κουταλιά νερό"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "raá tsel harím keharím",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "רָאָה צֵל הָרִים כְּהָרִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'asá mizvúv pil",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "עָשָׂה מִזְּבוּב פִּיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'asá me'akhbár har",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "עָשָׂה מֵעַכְבָּר הַר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rāī kā pahāḍ banānā",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "राई का पहाड बनाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "bolhából elefántot csinál"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gera úlfalda úr mýflugu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "membuat gunung dari sarang tikus mondok"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "fare di una mosca un elefante"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tüimedeidı tüiedei etu",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "түймедейді түйедей ету"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "침소봉대(針小棒大) (chimsobongdae, literally “pin-thin (goes) stick-thick”)",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "견문발검(見蚊拔劒) (gyeonmunbalgeom, literally “to see a mosquito and draw a sword”)",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
    },
    {
      "alt": "怒蠅拔劒",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "noseungbalgeom",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "노승발검"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "mêş kirin gamêş"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "nodum in scirpo quero"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gjøre en fjær til fem høns"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gjøre en mygg til en elefant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gjere ein mygg til ein elefant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "robić z igły widły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "robić z muchy słonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "fazer tempestade em copo d'água"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "fazer uma tempestade num copo de água"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "rāī dā pahāṛ baṇāuṇā",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "ਰਾਈ ਦਾ ਪਹਾੜ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "face din țânțar armăsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "де́лать из му́хи слона́ (délatʹ iz múxi sloná, literally “to make an elephant out of a fly”)",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "urobiť z komára somára"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "narediti iz muhe slona"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "hacer una montaña de un grano de arena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "hacer de una pulga un elefante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "ahogarse en un vaso de agua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "göra en höna av en fjäder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "pireyi deve yapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "робити з мухи слона (robyty z muxy slona, literally “to make an elephant out of a fly”)",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "chuyện bé xé ra to"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to treat a problem as greater than it is",
      "word": "gwneud môr a mynydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make a mountain out of a molehill"
}