B1🐺 Animals
Fare una mosca di un elefante
To make a mountain out of a molehill; to exaggerate
Literal Translation
"To make a fly into an elephant"
What it means
To make a mountain out of a molehill; to exaggerate
Example in context
"Era solo una piccola critica, non fare una mosca di un elefante!"
"It was just a small criticism — don't make a mountain out of a molehill!"
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