To make an elephant out of a mosquito...

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Title:	To make an elephant out of a mosquito...
Answer:	Aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen.

Equivalents:	1. To make a mountain out of a molehill. 2. To blow things out of proportion .

Explanation:	Well, it's the same as the english proverb, 'To make a mountain out of a molehill'. Interesting how it varies from language to language..
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Average Rating		3.6
# of votes		15
# of Garbage Votes		3
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Guest

Rating: 4

October 21, 2009

Mar L.

Rating: 5

May 25, 2008

it is funny
Instead of "Aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen.", in Spanish we say "Hacer una montaña de un grano de arena"

Guest

Rating: 4

April 15, 2008

Instead of "Aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen.", in Greek we say "Kanw thn triha trihia"

Markus S.
(native speaker)

Rating: 5

February 17, 2008

Hallo,
es handelt sich um eine Redewendung, die wir den Griechen zu verdanken haben.

Viele Grüße
Markus
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