se noyer dans un verre d'eau

French

Etymology

Literally, “to drown in a glass of water”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə nwa.je dɑ̃.z‿œ̃ vɛʁ d‿o/

Verb

se noyer dans un verre d’eau

1. (figuratively, informal) to make a mountain out of a molehill (to get all worked up over the slightest difficulties)

Conjugation

• see noyer

See also

• tempête dans un verre d’eau