storm in a teacup
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The row was dismissed earlier this week by Vowles - a Mercedes customer - as "noise that will probably go away", and by Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff as "a storm in a teacup".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
A thoroughly British storm in a teacup is coming to the boil after a leading brand said it has devised a tea bag it claims can brew the perfect cuppa in 60 seconds.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
If they persist in pretending this is a storm in a teacup, there will likely be political and social consequences--because we women are just plain fed up.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017
Jennifer Morgan, of the independent U.S.-based World Resources Institute, said the idea of India as a spoiler was "a storm in a teacup".
From Reuters • Dec. 5, 2015
In connection with myself quite a storm in a teacup took place.
From Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
