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gen.	make a mountain out of a molehill; make an elephant out of a fly; make something out of nothing (Anglophile); make heavy weather of something (Anglophile); make a mountain out of a mole hill (upws); make mountains out of a molehill; hype up (Vadim Rouminsky); hype (Vadim Rouminsky); get things out of proportion (Anglophile); make a thing out of it (NumiTorum); make a thing out of (NumiTorum); turn geese into swans (baletnica); make mountains of molehills
amer.	make a federal case of (CopperKettle); make a federal case out of something (Anglophile)
fig.	make it a big deal (Taras)
idiom.	blow things out of proportion (ART Vancouver); make heavy weather of (Баян); make a mountain out of a dust speck (Andrey Truhachev); make a song and dance about it (VLZ_58); make a big thing out of something (It was a minor error, but she made a big thing out of it. Wakeful dormouse); make heavy weather ("So snap into it, my lad. I can't see what you're making all this heavy weather about. It doesn't seem to me much to do for a loved aunt." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver); make a tempest in a teapot (Taras); make a mountain out of molehill (Taras); blow something out of all proportion (The problem was very small but the manager blew it out of all proportion – Проблема была очень не серьезной, но менеджер сделал из мухи слона Taras); make a little thing out to be a big thing (Alex_Odeychuk)
inf.	turn molehills into mountains (О. Шишкова); blow out of proportion (Alex Lilo); cackle (громко говорить о каких-либо незначительных достижениях); make a big deal out of something (sunshine_russia)
Makarov.	make a mountain of a molehill; turn a mountain into a molehill
proverb	make a mountain out of a molehill (дословно: Делать гору из кротовины); make mountains out of mole-hills
slang	snow job
vulg.	roll a turd

делать из мухи слона: 12 phrases in 5 subjects

Figure of speech	1
General	5
Informal	3
Proverb	2
Saying	1