make a mountain out of a molehill

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Totreataproblemasgreaterthan it is; toblow something out of proportion; toexaggeratetheimportanceof somethingtrivial.If you’re stuck in traffic, try not tomake a mountain out of a molehillworrying about it too much. You could be making it much worse.1573,John Bridges,The Supremacie of Christian Princes Over All Persons Throughout Theor Dominions,London: Humphrey Toye, Division 18, p. 553,[1]to slaunder the Gospell ye aggrauate many lies, & willmake a mountaine of a mole hill1642,James Howell,Instructions for Forreine Travell,London: Humphrey Mosley, Section 14, p. 176-177,[2]Others have a custome to bee always relating strange things and wonders,[…]theymake Mountaines of Mole-hils, like Charenton-Bridge-Eccho, which doubles the sound nine times.1749,Henry Fielding,The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling,Dublin, John Smith, Volume 3, Book 15, Chapter 10, pp. 170-171,[3]For 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 sometimesmake Mountans of Mole-hills, and produce Despair in the midst of Hope;1868,Wilkie Collins, chapter 12, inThe Moonstone‎[4], volume 1, London: Tinsley Brothers, page207:“I have now only one remark to offer, on leaving this case in your hands. Thereissuch a thing, Sergeant, asmaking a mountain out of a molehill. Good morning.”1913,D. H. Lawrence,Sons and Lovers‎[5], London: Heinemann,Part 2, Chapter 7, p. 181:She wondered why he, who did not usually trouble over trifles,made such a mountain of this molehill.

Examples:

EN: Yes, you must be mad, to make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: Sí, estás loca de dudas, de hacer una montaña de algo natural.
EN: Well, knowing my obstinate little boy You promise to be sensible and not make a mountain out of a molehill?
ES: Conociendo a mi obstinado niño, ¿prometes ser sensato?
EN: No need to make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: ¡Tampoco es para tanto! Ya lo he encontrado.
EN: You make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: Hace una montaña de una topera.
EN: I don't think we need to make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: No hagamos una tormenta en un vaso de agua.
EN: Let it pass Babu-ji. Why make a mountain out of a molehill?
ES: Olvídalo, Padre. ¿Por qué hacer una montaña de un grano de arena?
EN: You mean make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: Te refieres a hacer una montaña de un grano de arena.
EN: Why make a mountain out of a molehill?
ES: ¿Por qué hacer una montaña de un grano de arena?
EN: Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: No hagas una montaña de un grano de arena.
EN: - Well, let's not make a mountain out of a molehill just yet.
ES: Bueno, no hagamos una montaña de un grano de arena todavía.
EN: Before you think China shouldn't make a mountain out of a molehill, I will remind you, they just made fucking islands out of the ocean.
ES: Si piensan que no deberían hacer una montaña de un hormiguero... los chinos acaban de hacer islas en un simple océano.
EN: Twisters'll make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: Los tornados hacen un lío
EN: Of course. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: No hagas una montaña de un grano de arena.
EN: They're going to make a mountain out of a molehill, at this rate.
ES: Harán una montaña de una topera, a este ritmo.
EN: Cata, don't start, like always, and make a mountain out of a molehill.
ES: Cata, no empecés, como de costumbre, a hacer una tormenta en un vaso de agua, ¿sí?

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