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molehill Definition

mole·hill (mōl′hil′)

noun

a small ridge or mound of earth, formed by a burrowing mole

molehill Idioms

make a mountain out of a molehill

to treat a trivial problem as a great or important one

molehill Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • make: I have seen Father catch them by using a spade to dig them out at the moment they were making molehills.

Adjective modifier

  • little: But she yearned for a wider field; by January 1854 she was referring to the institution as " this little molehill.
  • statistical: Whichever way you look at it the statistical molehill refuses to grow into a mountain.
  • large: It contains the largest molehills I have ever seen.