what dose this idiom mean?

Question

your making moutian out of a mole hill.

Answer 1

You make a big fuss over something insignificant.

Say you spill a drink. Someone who makes a mountain out of a mole hill will be like that's gonna stain you have to buy me a new rug I'm going to get a cleaner right now.

Answer 2

It basically means you are exagerating the problem. So if you became really upset over something that was not a big deal, you'd be making a mountain out of a mole hill.

The concept is, a mole hill is small and can easily be stepped over, yet you are calling it a mountain which requires hard work to climb.

Answer 3

a mountain in big. a mole hill is small. you are making a small thing into a big thing.

Answer 4

make a mountain out of a molehill
-to make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem.

-to cause something simple to seem much more difficult or important.

Answer 5

An minor issue is being made into a major one.

Answer 6

I means you are making something out to be much bigger or more dramatic or more of an obstcle than it really truly is.

Answer 7

It means the person is making problem or a task into a much bigger problem/task than it actually is.

Answer 8

You are making something that is actually not that big of a problem into a MAJOR problem.

Answer 9

You are making a big deal out of something that isn't.

Answer 10

Lay down the law: -if someone lays down the law, they tell people what to do and are authoritarian. - state firmly what the rules or laws are for something Example: "We decided to lay down the law regarding time off from work without pay for our employees."