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【在生活中學習語言】Make a Mountain out of a Molehill小題大作

Make a Mountain out of a Molehill

小題大作

對話
Chris：I can't believe someone took one of my CDs. Who would do such a thing？
克里斯：真不敢相信竟然有人拿了我的一片 CD。會是誰幹的？
Shannon：I don't know. I didn't take it.
雪倫：我不知道。我沒拿。
Chris：It's outrageous！Whoever did it is a sick, twisted person.
克里斯：真是太可惡了！會幹這種事的人一定是個病態、人格扭曲的傢伙。
Shannon：Maybe they just borrowed it.
雪倫：搞不好他們只是跟你借一下。
Chris：Now my CD collection is incomplete. This is terrible.
克里斯：這下我收藏的CD不完整了。真是太慘了。
Shannon：Don't you think you're making a mountain out of a molehill？You didn't even like that CD.
雪倫：你不覺得自己是在小題大作嗎？你根本就不喜歡那張CD。
Chris：Well, no, but I liked the color of the packaging.
克里斯：CD 我是不喜歡啦，但我喜歡包裝的顏色。
Shannon：That's pretty dumb.
雪倫：你白痴哦。
Chris：The blue on the cover matched my room

延伸學習
俚語精解

make a mountain out of a molehill
mountain是「山」，mole是「土撥鼠」，或稱「鼴鼠」，molehill就是指土撥鼠在挖洞時，撥開的土壤所堆成的小土丘。字面意思是「把小土丘當成一座大山」，即「小題大作」。

關鍵字詞

outrageous a. 令人憤慨的/很可惡的
例：How can you charge me NT$100 for such a small bowl of yam porridge？This is outrageous！（這一小碗地瓜粥你賣我一百元？真是太可惡了！）

twisted a. 扭曲的/古怪的
例：Jimmy has become a bitter and twisted person since his wife died.（自從老婆過世後，吉米變成了一個憤世嫉俗的人。）

collection n. 收藏
例：May I take a look at your private art collection？（能讓我看一眼你的私藏藝術品嗎？）

incomplete a. 不完整的
例：Due to incomplete evidence, the prosecutor was unable to charge the suspect.（由於罪證不全，檢察官未能起訴該嫌犯。）