strain at a gnat (English, verb)
expansion: strain at a gnat (third-person singular simple present strains at a gnat, present participle straining at a gnat, simple past and past participle strained at a gnat)
Senses:
glosses: to make a mountain out of a molehill
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
Forms:
form: strains at a gnat
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: straining at a gnat
tags: participle
present
form: strained at a gnat
tags: participle
past
form: strained at a gnat
tags: past
form: strain out a gnat
tags: alternative