molehill
Noun
Meaning
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.
Europe is a molehill. It has never had any great empires, like those of the Orient, numbering six hundred million souls.
When we are lulled into somnolence by lack of challenge every molehill tends to become a mountain, every minor inconvenience an intolerable imposition.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.