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Expressions that come to mind use the word "hype"
Don't believe the hype
It's all hype
Nothing but hype
The phrase about chicken salad reminds me of a good one I heard once about futile efforts to repair something that broke down so much that it simply needed to be replaced: You can't polish a turd.
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Log forgive me. I just naturally assume that everybody gets around among the various word sites and would know what I meant. But I can understand why one might want to stick to a single site, as the surfing is very tedious
PF = Phrase Finder--http://www.phrases.org.uk/
WO = WordOrigins--http://p098.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorgfrm1
WW = WordWizard--http://www.wordwizard.com/
WS = WordSmith (AWAD)
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make a mountain out of a molehill is more like crying wolf, isn't it? That is, making a minor problem sound like a major emergency.
Making a mountain out of a molehill is, as you say. making a minor problem seem major. Crying wolf is more like making up a problem where none exists. The story from which it derives is that of a young shepherd boy who cried wolf when there was none just to get attention and eventually people decided that there was no wolf when there really was one.
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make a mountain out of a molehill is more like crying wolf, isn't it? That is, making a minor problem sound like a major emergency.
Making a mountain out of a molehill is, as you say. making a minor problem seem major. Crying wolf is more like making up a problem where none exists. The story from which it derives is that of a young shepherd boy who cried wolf when there was none just to get attention and eventually people decided that there was no wolf when there really was one.
so, for instance, which class would the following statement fall into, mountain or wolf:
>>Oops this is getting confusing: PF is a site for phrases only; AWAD for words only
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make a mountain out of a molehill is more like crying wolf, isn't it? That is, making a minor problem sound like a major emergency.
Making a mountain out of a molehill is, as you say. making a minor problem seem major. Crying wolf is more like making up a problem where none exists. The story from which it derives is that of a young shepherd boy who cried wolf when there was none just to get attention and eventually people decided that there was no wolf when there really was one.
so, for instance, which class would the following statement fall into, mountain or wolf:
>>Oops this is getting confusing: PF is a site for phrases only; AWAD for words only
I wouldn't say it belongs in either category.
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A quick survey on those sites, and AWAD wins hands down in terms of both quality and quantity.
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... AWAD wins hands down in terms of both quality and quantity.
... and in the extraordinary erudition of its contributors.
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...not to mention our ruggedly handsome good looks, as evidenced by Father Steve's avatar.
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...not to mention our ruggedly handsome good looks, as evidenced by Father Steve's avatar.
Whereas some of us choose to be insulting with our avatars.
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our ruggedly handsome good looks, as evidenced by Father Steve's avatar. 
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