a montanha parir um rato
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “the mountain [gives] birth to a rat”.
Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic) [for someone to] make a mountain out of a molehill
Conjugation
[edit]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.