molehill mountaineer

Meaning: (idiomatic,derogatory)A person who habituallyexaggeratesoroveremphasizesminor issues.1939December 4, “The Presidency: Quiet”, inTime‎[1]:Molehill mountaineersof the press consequently had to make what they could of the record:[…]1974, Renatus Hartogs,Questions Women Ask‎[2], page111:I would say you've become a "molehill mountaineer" – building big mountains from little molehills in order to avoid facing the real issue, your fear of emotional pain.2010July 22, Dick Polman, “Bonds of marriage”, inThe Philadelphia Inquirer‎[3]:This theme may sound like a snore (at least to those readers who'd crave a full piece onmolehill mountaineerAndrew Breitbart),[…]For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:molehill mountaineer.

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