göra en höna av en fjäder

Swedish

Idiom

göra en höna av en fjäder

  1. to "improve" on a story or a rumor until it no longer resembles the original truth; to exaggerate greatly. Literally, "to make a hen out of a feather". Corresponds to the English expression "to make a mountain out of a molehill".
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