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la montagne a accouché d'une souris

/la mɔ̃.taɲ a a.ku.ʃe d‿yn su.ʁi/

phrase/la mɔ̃.taɲ a a.ku.ʃe d‿yn su.ʁi/

it was much ado about nothing

Les plaidoiries commencent. […] Mᵉ Marie-Blanche Tapiero-Sauvat soulignera, elle, que “c'est la montagne qui a accouché d'une souris”.

Literally, “the mountain gave birth to a mouse”, from Aesop's fable The Mountain in Labour.