To make a mountain out of a molehill 小題大做

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Rob 因為節目稿子沒寫完，非常緊張而且表現得有點兒過於激動。不過菲菲用瞭一個有 “mountain 山”和“mole 鼴鼠”的表達給 Rob 講道理，這個表達是什麼？Rob 的稿子沒寫完怎麼辦？聽節目，學習一個表示“小題大做”的短語。

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（關於臺詞的備註: 請註意這不是廣播節目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能沒有體現錄制、編輯過程中對節目做出的改變。）

Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG 英語教學的《地道英語》節目。我是馮菲菲，還有我的搭檔 Rob。Are you OK Rob?

Rob
No, I’m not. I haven’t finished writing the script for this programme – I still don’t know how it’s going to end.

Feifei
Rob 為瞭寫這個節目的稿子，急得團團轉，不至於吧！Rob, it’s not important.

Rob
What?! A script is not important – how am I going to make this programme word-perfect, without any mistakes? What will the audience think of me?

Feifei
At the moment, they probably think you are a little crazy – 你這樣的反應有點兒過火吧，you’re overreacting Rob – you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.

Rob
Making a mountain out of a molehill! I won’t be making any mountains, I haven’t got time.

Feifei
No, Rob – it’s just a saying! Make a mountain out of a molehill 是一個固定表達，意思就是“小題大做，反應過激”。So, calm down Rob, it’s not a big issue not having a script, is it?

Rob
[silence]

Feifei
Rob?

Rob
Er, I don’t know what to say. It’s not on the script.

Feifei
Oh dear – we’d better hear some other examples of this phrase.

Examples
I only asked him to do the shopping and now he’s going on about how he has no time to go to the pub – he’s making a mountain out of a molehill.

It’s only a 2000 word essay; stop making a mountain out of a molehill!

Feifei
我們多用這個表達來形容某人把一件小事故意擴大，使其看起來比實際的糟糕。And Rob, not finishing a script for this programme is a small problem.

Rob
If you say so, Feifei.

Feifei
Just do what we always do – 臨場發揮。Make it up!

Rob
OK, I’ll try. Hold on, what’s that?

Look! A real mole has buried into the studio – so now we have a real molehill to make a mountain out of.

Feifei
You would never have written that in a script Rob!

Rob.
True. Bye!

Feifei
Bye!