van een mug een olifant maken

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 02:24, 17 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to make an elephant out of a mosquito”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑn ən ˈmʏx ən ˈoːliˌfɑnt ˈmaːkən/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

van een mug een olifant maken

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to make a mountain out of a molehill

Inflection

Synonyms