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a storm in a teacup
[British]
said to mean that something is not very important but people are making a lot of unnecessary fuss about it. The usual American expression is a tempest in a teapot.
I know how much Ella likes you. I'm sure this disagreement is all a storm in a teacup.
It'll blow over in no time.
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