tempest in a teapot
Noun
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Noun
tempest in a teapot
- (idiomatic) A major fuss over a trivial matter.
- The media frenzy over the actor's drunken behavior was a tempest in a teapot.
- much ado about nothing
- storm in a teacup (British), and its variants storm in a tea-kettle, storm in a glass of water, and storm in a teapot
- tempest in a teacup, tempest in a tea-kettle
- French: tempête dans un verre d'eau (storm in a glass of water)
- German: Sturm im Wasserglas (storm in a water glass)
- Italian: tempesta in un bicchiere d'acqua
- Portuguese: tempestade em copo d'água
- Russian: бу́ря в стака́не воды́
- Spanish: tormenta en un vaso de agua
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