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Definition of molehill in English: molehillnoun ˈməʊlhɪlˈmoʊlˌhɪl A small mound of earth thrown up by a mole burrowing near the surface. the frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more Example sentencesExamples - It is quite common to see moles covered in soil after pushing there way through molehills but have you ever actually seen a muddy fox?
- The way to find microliths (small Mesolithic flint barbs), he said, was to search springtime molehills.
- As if disturbed by the mere threat of either of these cures, our moles have been quiet for a few days, but I will certainly try them out should the molehills start to reappear.
- That would be much more helpful than removing molehills from a sports field.
- Pupils from Cawood Primary School joined in the scheme when they helped sift through molehills looking for artefacts.
- Cod Beck carries on, squirting from beneath a sloping earthen dam, which had a few molehills, and then gurgling into a wooded ravine.
- Moles were doing the Chalkland Way, leaving molehills of white-flecked soil.
- Some racers struggled up the final climb, even though it was a molehill compared to the high mountain passes that must be scaled in the Alps.
- Landowners have been struggling to control a mole epidemic which has resulted in an explosion in the number of molehills.
- Here's more advice for those of us who suffer from moles and molehills in our lawns, this time from the Garden Centre, near Preston.
- Go down to the field (if you find fields on the side of the river then even better) and look for some molehills.
- Featuring all the worst aspects of a neglected garden on one side of the fence, including dandelions, thistles, and molehills, it had a beautiful cottage garden on the other.
- The sight of new molehills here and there reminded me of an old farm worker I knew who was a good hand at catching moles.
- We had set off on a romp and a ramble through tangly woods and snow dusted fields and had found ourselves standing on molehills and wondering just exactly where we were.
- But my invisible friend still works at night despite the cold; one of the molehills is snowless, dark and fresh between two frosty bottles.
- Their neighbour agreed, saying: ‘The embankment is full of molehills.’
- It is also mercifully free of molehills, which are the scourge of our sandy garden.
- Moles don't dig new tunnels each time they forage, and in fact a very active mole territory may sport very few molehills.
- All summer there have been molehills in the orchard.
- The house looked bland and there was nothing in the garden except molehills.
Phrases make a mountain out of a molehill Exaggerate the importance of something trivial. a barrister must make mountains out of molehills, to find a point of law where none had previously been known to exist Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, but it's comments like this that make me wonder just how far feminism has come.
- The police are making a mountain out of a molehill.
- Those who are disturbed by his characterization of the First Amendment are, he implies, making a mountain out of a molehill.
- The legislator said that although he respected the caucus decision, he thought it was making a mountain out of a molehill.
- I've visited homes where they've appeared to think the school is making a mountain out of a molehill and it's not their problem.
- This was a total farce and the crew made a mountain out of a molehill.
- The media is responsible for making a mountain out of a molehill and selling it to the people.
- What am I not being told, and is it because they're afraid of sparking panic, or because the law or the media are afraid of looking like idiots for making a mountain out of a molehill?
- Is the press just making a mountain out of a molehill of complicated intelligence data?
- I don't see the huge problem, you guys are making a mountain out of a molehill here.
Synonyms exaggerate, overstate, overemphasize, magnify, amplify, aggrandize, inflate embellish, embroider, colour, elaborate, over-elaborate, oversell, overdraw, overplay, dramatize hyperbolize, add colour, stretch the truth British overpitch informal pile it on, lay it on thick, lay it on with a trowel/shovel, blow something out of all proportion, make a drama out of a crisis, make a big thing of British informal shoot a line archaic draw the longbow
Definition of molehill in US English: molehillnounˈmoʊlˌhɪlˈmōlˌhil A small mound of earth thrown up by a mole burrowing near the surface. the frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more Example sentencesExamples - The sight of new molehills here and there reminded me of an old farm worker I knew who was a good hand at catching moles.
- Cod Beck carries on, squirting from beneath a sloping earthen dam, which had a few molehills, and then gurgling into a wooded ravine.
- Moles don't dig new tunnels each time they forage, and in fact a very active mole territory may sport very few molehills.
- Pupils from Cawood Primary School joined in the scheme when they helped sift through molehills looking for artefacts.
- Landowners have been struggling to control a mole epidemic which has resulted in an explosion in the number of molehills.
- That would be much more helpful than removing molehills from a sports field.
- The way to find microliths (small Mesolithic flint barbs), he said, was to search springtime molehills.
- But my invisible friend still works at night despite the cold; one of the molehills is snowless, dark and fresh between two frosty bottles.
- It is quite common to see moles covered in soil after pushing there way through molehills but have you ever actually seen a muddy fox?
- Featuring all the worst aspects of a neglected garden on one side of the fence, including dandelions, thistles, and molehills, it had a beautiful cottage garden on the other.
- Their neighbour agreed, saying: ‘The embankment is full of molehills.’
- All summer there have been molehills in the orchard.
- Here's more advice for those of us who suffer from moles and molehills in our lawns, this time from the Garden Centre, near Preston.
- It is also mercifully free of molehills, which are the scourge of our sandy garden.
- As if disturbed by the mere threat of either of these cures, our moles have been quiet for a few days, but I will certainly try them out should the molehills start to reappear.
- We had set off on a romp and a ramble through tangly woods and snow dusted fields and had found ourselves standing on molehills and wondering just exactly where we were.
- The house looked bland and there was nothing in the garden except molehills.
- Moles were doing the Chalkland Way, leaving molehills of white-flecked soil.
- Go down to the field (if you find fields on the side of the river then even better) and look for some molehills.
- Some racers struggled up the final climb, even though it was a molehill compared to the high mountain passes that must be scaled in the Alps.
Phrases make a mountain out of a molehill Exaggerate the importance of something trivial. a barrister must make mountains out of molehills, to find a point of law where none had previously been known to exist Example sentencesExamples - This was a total farce and the crew made a mountain out of a molehill.
- Perhaps I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, but it's comments like this that make me wonder just how far feminism has come.
- Those who are disturbed by his characterization of the First Amendment are, he implies, making a mountain out of a molehill.
- The media is responsible for making a mountain out of a molehill and selling it to the people.
- The police are making a mountain out of a molehill.
- The legislator said that although he respected the caucus decision, he thought it was making a mountain out of a molehill.
- I don't see the huge problem, you guys are making a mountain out of a molehill here.
- Is the press just making a mountain out of a molehill of complicated intelligence data?
- I've visited homes where they've appeared to think the school is making a mountain out of a molehill and it's not their problem.
- What am I not being told, and is it because they're afraid of sparking panic, or because the law or the media are afraid of looking like idiots for making a mountain out of a molehill?
Synonyms exaggerate, overstate, overemphasize, magnify, amplify, aggrandize, inflate
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