a montanha parir um rato
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “the mountain [gives] birth to a rat”.
Verb edit
- (idiomatic) [for someone to] make a mountain out of a molehill
Conjugation edit
Because the subject is part of this idiom, it only inflects in the third person singular.
The preterite (a montanha pariu um rato) is by far the most common form.