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molehill mountaineer

noun

Etymology

From the idiomatic expression make a mountain out of a molehill.

Definitions

  1. A person who habitually exaggerates or overemphasizes minor issues.

    • Molehill mountaineers of the press consequently had to make what they could of the record: […]
    • I would say you've become a "molehill mountaineer" – building big mountains from little molehills in order to avoid facing the real issue, your fear of emotional pain.
    • This theme may sound like a snore (at least to those readers who'd crave a full piece on molehill mountaineer Andrew Breitbart), […]

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