mountains of

An overwhelming amount

Mountains of is an informal intensifier meaning a very large amount or quantity: mountains of paperwork, mountains of debt, mountains of evidence.

The image is of something piled so high it resembles a mountain range.

Like heaps of or piles of, it emphasizes overwhelming abundance rather than precise measurement.

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piles · loads · tons · masses · stacks · abundance · overwhelming · debt · cash money · laundry · dirty laundry · dishes · backlog · accumulation · buried · drowning · endless · towering

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quantity/amount

mountains ofnothing

Not any thing

zero · a handful of · precious little

Family

mountain, mountains, mount, mounts, mounted, mounting, mountable, unmounted, surmount

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G