Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

vanity &c 880; optimism, pessimism, pessimist. much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a teacup, tempest in a teacup; fine talking. V. overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon†, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate &c 549; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon†; panegyrize†. extol, extol to the skies; make the most of, make the best of, make the worst of; make two bites of a cherry. have too high an opinion of oneself &c (vanity) 880. Adj. overestimated &c v.; oversensitive &c (sensibility) 822. Phr. all his geese are swans; parturiunt montes [Lat.].