針ほどのことを棒ほどにいうのはどうかと思います。の英語

I don't think people should make a mountain of a mole hill.

To make a mountain of a mole hill.

to make a mountain of a mole-hill

to make a mountain of a mole-hill―exaggerate

You have a habit of exaggerating everything.

Ask for a bludgeon, and you get a needle.

“Pray for a bludgeon, and you get a needle.”【イディオム・格言的】

He is given to exaggeration

He will make a mountain of a mole-hill

He likes to pile it on.

He has a propensity to exaggeration.

It's amazing that she can manage to support her family all on her own [with no man to depend on].

to forget to sharpen something

“Ask for a bludgeon, and you get a needle.”【イディオム・格言的】

It is a common saying that chopsticks breaking in one's hand is a bad omen.

It is a common saying that the snapping of chopsticks in your hand is a bad omen.

snap a rubber band

He is a reprobate

He is past praying for.

the dust that gathers when something is sharpened on a whetstone

Don't be so fussy about minor details [trivial things]!

It is a common saying that the snapping of one's chopsticks in one's hand is a bad omen.

You will dull （the edge of） the knife―blunt （the edge of） the knife―if you try it on such things.

I hit this thumb (of mine) with a hammer instead of hitting a nail on the head.

to be able to cut something with scissors

If you fill the cup too full, it will brim over.

That is carrying frugality too for―carrying frugality to excess.

An iron kettle improves with use.

Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.

He has a propensity to exaggeration―a proclivity to making mountains of mole-hills.