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molehill

Noun

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A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty.

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A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 PM to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch. Fred Allen

Europe is a molehill. It has never had any great empires, like those of the Orient, numbering six hundred million souls. Napoleon Bonaparte

When we are lulled into somnolence by lack of challenge every molehill tends to become a mountain, every minor inconvenience an intolerable imposition. Colin Wilson

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. Jewish Proverb

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. English Proverb

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. American Proverb

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