Where did the “mountains out of molehills” phrase originate? What is a molehill? Is it like a hobbit hole?
Where did the “mountains out of molehills” phrase originate? What is a molehill? Is it like a hobbit hole?
Posted by KM on July 23, 2012
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meandanxiety
/ July 23, 2012Totally like a hobbit hole I think!
) This post is so true!
anxietyadventures
/ July 23, 2012We should start a revolution and just start saying “making a mountain out of a hobbit hole.”
meandanxiety
/ July 24, 2012I’m down with that! I shall start now. ” Stop making a mountain out of a hobbit hole”
City, Panicked
/ July 23, 2012Couldn’t have said it more perfectly. I’ll start rehashing a time that I said something stupid YEARS ago and I’ll still avoid the situation. *sigh* What I wouldn’t give for a healthy brain.
anxietyadventures
/ July 23, 2012Yep – totally with you. Oh well. Another life.
Dotty Headbanger
/ July 24, 2012Dear aa,
Molehills are small mounds left by burrowing moles; in a group they can look like a range of tiny hills.
Wikipedia has a few bits about the origins –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill
Love Dotty xxx