faire d'une mouche un éléphant

/fɛʁ dyn muʃ œ̃ ne.le.fɑ̃/

verb B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
fait d'une mouche un éléphant
past
a fait d'une mouche un éléphant
perfect
fait d'une mouche un éléphant

Meaning

  1. to make a mountain out of a molehill

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

se noyer dans un verre d'eau

Two idioms for "to make a mountain out of a molehill" — one literally "to make an elephant out of a fly," the other "to drown in a glass of water," both meaning the same thing.

Practice

1 What does faire d'une mouche un éléphant mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle fait toujours d'une mouche un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches faire d'une mouche un éléphant?

verb

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