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What type of figurative language is mountains out of mole hills?
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The phrase "making a mountain out of a mole hill" is an example of metaphor. Metaphors are used to symbolize other concepts. In this case, the mountain symbolizes a big problem and the mole hill symbolizes a minor problem. If you were to express the same thing literally, you'd probably say something like, "You're making a bigger deal out of this than it actually is." Metaphor gives us more interesting, colorful ways of expressing things.
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