make mountains out of molehills

make mountains out of molehills

To exaggerate or put too much focus on a minor issue and make it seem like a major one. You got one B and you're acting like you're failing the class. You're making mountains of molehills, if you ask me. This is a minor setback. Let's not make mountains of molehills.
See also: make, molehill, mountain, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • make a (big) thing (out) of (something)
  • make a drama out of (something)
  • make a drama out of something
  • make a mountain of a molehill
  • make a mountain out of a molehill, to
  • make a thing of
  • make a thing of/out of something
  • mole
  • molehill
  • strain at a gnat