storm in a teacup
Example Sentences
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Somanathan on Saturday described the Adani issue as a "storm in a teacup" from a macroeconomic perspective.
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023
Some may think the jewellery and underwear row is a bit of a storm in a teacup, perhaps even a little petty.
From BBC ● May 7, 2022
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
Despite the apparent seriousness of the initial post looking for the cat, Kadyrov suggested the whole affair was more of a storm in a teacup, and that the cat had merely left to reproduce.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2016
It was really a storm in a teacup, and but for the future eminence of one of the friends concerned would call for no remark.
From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles
