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#1 2006-08-31 03:42:02

diskgrinder
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don't take the mountain to a mole

synthesis of taking the mountain to mohammed and making a mountain out of molehill; coined by an account handler whose first language wasn’t English

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#2 2006-09-19 11:50:09

jorkel
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Re: don't take the mountain to a mole

See the thread on idiom blends (in the Eggcornology folder) for some higher level links on this type of usage.

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