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molehill

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mole⋅hill

[mohl-hil]
–noun
1. a small mound or ridge of earth raised up by a mole or moles burrowing under the ground.
2. make a mountain out of a molehill, to exaggerate a minor difficulty.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see mole 1 , hill
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mole·hill   (mōl'hĭl')   
n.  A small mound of loose earth raised by a burrowing mole.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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molehill

see make a mountain out of a molehill.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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