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If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed.

something that you say which means that if someone will not come to you, you have to go to them. They never visit me now they have a family. Well, if Mohammed won't go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed.

See also: come, must

make a mountain out of a molehill

to make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem. You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're going to fail your degree. (usually in continuous tenses)

a mountain to climb (British & Australian)

something that is very difficult to do. After a bad start to the season, the team has a mountain to climb if they want to win the league.

See also: climb

move mountains

1. if someone or someone's beliefs or feelings can move mountains, they can achieve something that is very difficult. If faith can move mountains, we'll win the Cup.

2. if you would move mountains for someone, they are so important to you that you would do anything to please them. He'd move mountains for her but she treats him like dirt.

See also: move

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make a mountain out of a molehill

to cause something simple to seem much more difficult or important. McAleer knows there's a mistake in the book and promised to correct it, but Rosen continues to complain about it — she's really trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. Clever lawyers can make a molehill into a mountain.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form make a molehill out of a mountain to cause something difficult to be much easier: By dividing up a big assignment and working on it a little bit every day, you can make a molehill out of a mountain.

make a production (out) of something

blow something out of (all) proportion

move mountains

to achieve something difficult. Voters in his district have always recognized their representative's ability to move mountains.

See also: move