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molehill

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molehill
the small mound of earth thrown up by a burrowing mole


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There IS such a thing, Sergeant, as making a mountain out of a molehill.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
It gave me a great shock, this narrow escape, and I got on to my feet quickly, and burying the remains of my lunch under the gigantic molehill on which I had been sitting, asked myself nervously what I proposed to do next.
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context
Yet it is equally true, that the same passion will sometimes make mountains of molehills, and produce despair in the midst of hope; but these cold fits last not long in good constitutions.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
 
 
 
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