| 单词 | molehill |
| 释义 | molehill noun[C] uk/ˈməʊl.hɪl/us/ˈmoʊl.hɪl/asmallpileofearthpushedup to thesurfaceof thegroundby thediggingof amole(= amammalthatlivesunderground) 鼹鼠丘 maskalin/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Animal dwellings - natural
Examplesofmolehillmolehill The best of them can accordingly often convert mountains into molehills. From theCambridge English Corpus For all this revolution in the conditions of old age pensioners this mountain has produced themolehillof a miserable "tanner" a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It can perfectly well be put right in another place, and my noble kinsman is making a mountain out of amolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We really are making a mountain out of amolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What mountains have been made out of amolehill! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears to me that we are endangering the principle of not making mountains out of very small molehills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In practice, the unsurmountable obstacle proved little more than amolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that on this issue everybody is making a mountain out of amolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I simply say to my colleagues that they are making a mountain of amolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not even molehills of reasons; they are hardly any reasons at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me in this instance that he is making a mountain out of amolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we are making a mountain out of amolehill, because my attitude would be slightly different. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I really think that a mountain has been made out of amolehillin this busi- ness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He rather made a large mountain out of a very smallmolehill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Education is about climbing mountains, not skipping molehills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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