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To make mountains out of molehills
Lucian
Phraseologism: To make mountains out of molehills.
Meaning: To greatly exaggerate something, to attach great importance to something insignificant.
Origin: The turnover is known in many European languages, it goes back to an ancient saying. So, the expression is given by the Greek writer Lucian (III century BC) in "Praise of the fly": "But I interrupt my word ... so that no one would think that I, according to the proverb, make an elephant out of a fly" .
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Life is lost in worries about bread.
Meaning:
An expression of regret about the time it takes to solve material problems, about its lack of creativity, the realization of a dream.
Origin:
From the poem "Merry Childhood, Children's Dreams..." (1858) by Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824-1861). |
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