This is Lee Eun-kyung, a daily English host at Everyday English VOA, where you study conversation and grammar at the same time. Today, something as small as a needle is called as big as a club. Chimsobongdae, let’s express it in English.
A: John, I heard you had a big fight with your roommate. What happened?
J: Oh, it’s nothing major, just a small disagreement over household chores. But you know how it goes, sometimes people tend to make a mountain out of a molehill. What did you hear?
A: I heard that you are looking for a new roommate.
J: No, I’m not looking for a new roomie. It all started when I asked my roommate to help with the dishes. He got a bit defensive and said he was too busy. I felt a little annoyed because we had agreed to share the responsibilities.
A: So, did you talk it out?
J: Absolutely! I told him that I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but I wanted to make sure we were both doing our fair share.
When I asked John if he got into a big fight with his roommate or cohabitant to get a new roommate, he said people tend to exaggerate the little things. sleeping rod.
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Molehill A molehill is a small pile of dirt created by the accumulation of dirt kicked up by a mole as it digs.
Make a mountain out of a molehill
A mountain is made from a mound of dirt created by a mole. So, it is an expression that exaggerates trivial things. It’s similar to a chimso bongdae.
They say something the size of a needle is worth a stick. Make a mountain out of a molehill
Sometimes people tend to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Sometimes people tend to exaggerate little things. Let’s listen to it one more time at a slow pace.
A: I heard you had a big fight with your roommate. What happened?
J: Oh, it’s nothing major, just a small disagreement over household chores. But you know how it goes, sometimes people tend to make a mountain out of a molehill. What did you hear?
A: I heard that you are looking for a new roommate.
J: No, I’m not looking for a new roomie. It all started when I asked my roommate to help with the dishes. He got a bit defensive and said he was too busy. I felt a little annoyed because we had agreed to share the responsibilities.
A: So, did you talk it out?
J: Absolutely! I told him that I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, but I wanted to make sure we were both doing our fair share.
Let’s analyze the conversation.
I heard you had a big fight with your roommate. What happened?
I heard you had a big fight with your roommate or the person you live with. What’s going on?
It’s nothing major, just a small disagreement over household chores.
It’s nothing major. No big deal.
It’s no big deal. It’s nothing major. That doesn’t mean it’s not a star.
Did you talk it out?
Talk out It is an expression to solve by conversation.
But you know how it goes, sometimes people tend to make a mountain out of a molehill.
But, you know, sometimes people tend to exaggerate things that don’t matter.
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
I heard that you are looking for a new roommate.
I heard you’re looking for a new roommate to live with.
No, I’m not looking for a new roomie.
no. I’m a roomie, another word for roommate. I’m not looking for a roommate.
It all started when I asked my roommate to help with the dishes.
It started when I asked my roommate to help me wash the dishes.
He got a bit defensive and said he was too busy.
He got a bit defensive. He got a little defensive.
He became a little bit defensive.
Defensive It means to show a defensive attitude.
I felt a bit annoyed because we had agreed to share the responsibilities.
I felt a bit annoyed. I was a little annoyed.
because we had agreed to share the responsibilities.
Because we promised to share the responsibility.
Did you talk it out?
Did you do well with words?
Talk out means to solve by talking or solving by words.
Let’s talk it out.
Let’s do it in words.
Absolutely!
of course.
I told him that I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.
I told him.
I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.
Make a big deal out something I don’t want to make a big deal out of something.
I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.
I didn’t want to make a big deal out of nothing.
similar expression
make a mountain out of a molehill.
I don’t want to make a mountain out of a molehill.
I don’t want to exaggerate the little things.
Make a big deal out of it, make a mountain out of a molehill
Everyday English VOA Everyday English Today Make a mountain out of a molehill. Chimsobongdae, saying something the size of a needle is worth a club, exaggerating trivial things
The expression to say makes a mountain out of a mound of dirt made by a mole. You learned how to say it in English.
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2023-07-18 18:25:04
