a montanha parir um rato

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “the mountain [gives] birth to a rat”.

Verb

a montanha parir um rato

  1. (idiomatic) [for someone to] make a mountain out of a molehill

Conjugation

Because the subject is part of this idiom, it only inflects in the third person singular.

The preterite (a montanha pariu um rato) is by far the most common form.

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