Dělat z komára velblouda

Meaning: To blow something tiny wildly out of proportion.

Language: Czech

Literally: To make a camel out of a mosquito

Category: Animals

Origin: A Czech escalation of the molehill-into-mountain idea, leaping from the smallest pest to the most outlandishly large beast.

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• Egyik kutya, másik eb — Two things are exactly the same; six of one, half a dozen of the other.
• Bagoly mondja verébnek, hogy nagyfejű — The pot calling the kettle black.
• A se uita ca pisica în calendar — To stare blankly, understanding nothing.
• A tăia frunză la câini — To do pointless work; to idle away the day.
• ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน — To use enormous means for a trivial result.
• Die Katze im Sack kaufen — To buy something sight unseen and get cheated.

More Czech idioms

• Spadnout z višně — To be naive and clueless about how things really work.
• Mít kliku — To be lucky.
• Házet flintu do žita — To give up prematurely.
• Mít všech pět pohromadě — To be of sound mind.
• Být v rejži — To be in trouble.
• Přijít s křížkem po funuse — To arrive uselessly too late.

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