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n. (context idiomatic English) A major fuss over a trivial matter.
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Tempest in a teapot ( American English), or storm in a teacup ( British English), is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion. There are also lesser known or earlier variants, such as tempest in a teacup, storm in a cream bowl, tempest in a glass of water, storm in a wash-hand basin, and storm in a glass of water.
Usage examples of "tempest in a teapot".
This whole matter no doubt sounds like a tempest in a teapot, particularly as Gold did not change the story line but merely monkeyed with dialog, rephrased sentences and such-in short, edited the style.
This whole matter no doubt sounds like a tempest in a teapot, particularly as Gold did not change the story line but merely monkeyed with dialog, rephrased sentences and suchin short, edited the style.
Since you dont want to leave the Martins, and they dont seem to want you to leave, and your life among them has apparently been that of a cherished member of the family, this all seems like something of a tempest in a teapot, Andrew.
The Regulation might be a tempest in a teapot, but on the other hand, if there was any prospect of military action .
The controversy - which Richie recognized now as an utterly typical big-town/small-city tempest in a teapot - had raged for six months, and of course it had been entirely meaningless.