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"to make a mountain out of a molehill" - chinese e

mr. fanglang

By mr. fanglang
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skylee

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小題大作/做 (xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4/zuo4) OR

大驚小怪 (da4 jing1 xiao3 guai4)

If you search the keywords using chinese google, you could find them too. Take a look -> http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=zh-TW&q=mountain+molehill&btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E5%B0%8B&meta=lr%3Dlang_zh-CN%7Clang_zh-TW

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byjove

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...but my understanding of the phrase has always been "being hugely scared of a tiny goblin/ghost" rather than what I think is most people's take， "being really surprised at a small strangeness". Don't you think the former interpretation makes more sense based on 文言?

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