English Explanatory Dictionary

mountain in labour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mighty preparation with very small results.

Word forms

mountain in labour mountains in labour

Etymology

An allusion to a line from the Ancient Roman poet Horace: "parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus".

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