تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا

Meaning: A huge fuss producing a tiny result.

Language: Arabic

Literally: The mountain went into labour and gave birth to a mouse

Category: Animals

Origin: A classical image, widespread in Arabic, of an enormous build-up ending in something laughably small.

More idioms — Animals

• مرغ همسایه غاز است — The grass is always greener next door.
• A umbla cu cioara vopsită — To try to deceive people with falsehoods.
• Ići niz dlaku — To go smoothly and agreeably.
• Að fara í geitarhús að leita ullar — To seek something where it can't possibly be found.
• So skaars soos hoendertande — Extremely rare; almost non-existent.
• آستین کا سانپ — A treacherous false friend.

More Arabic idioms

• يضرب في حديد بارد — To waste effort on a hopeless task.
• القرد بعين أمه غزال — Parents see their children as beautiful no matter what.
• اللي ما يعرف الصقر يشويه — Failing to recognize something valuable and destroying it.
• على قد لحافك مد رجليك — Live within your means.
• رمى بنفسه في التهلكة — Someone deliberately puts themselves in danger or a hopeless situation through recklessne…
• أكل العيش والملح مع شخص — Shared intimate bond or deep friendship forged through shared hardship and simple living…

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