She thought that he was 'making a mountain out of a molehill' by complaining about the placement of the silverware.
The climbers finally 'made it' to the top of the mountain.
a 'mountain' man [=a man who lives in the mountains]
(..) - Live like we just got out of a tunnel. - A tunnel? You've never seen prairie grass with the wind leaning on it, have you? Does the wind get tired out there? Or angry little mountain streams, or the sun moving against the cattle. - You've never seen anything like that? - Have you? No. (..)1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington