STORM IN A TEACUP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of storm in a teacup in English

Examples of storm in a teacup

storm in a teacup
It is a storm in a teacup: in terms of international waste disposal, we are talking about microscopic amounts of material.
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It would seem that the process has come a long way forward and this is probably a storm in a teacup.
It seems to me to be a storm in a teacup about these business letters.
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I will not say it is a storm in a teacup, but it is rather like one.
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It is a complete storm in a teacup.
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It is, in my view, a storm in a teacup.
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I feel strongly that it is a storm in a teacup.
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This matter is a storm in a teacup; it is an argument about nothing.
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Secondly, this is a very small matter; it is a storm in a teacup.
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This seems to me to be rather a storm in a teacup.
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This is the sort of thing that starts like a storm in a teacup and raises great constitutional issues.
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This seems rather a storm in a teacup.
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It is the classic storm in a teacup.
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I think that the whole thing is rather a storm in a teacup.
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Therefore, it seems to me that, to a large extent, this is a storm in a teacup.
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Translations of storm in a teacup

in Chinese (Traditional)
小題大做,大驚小怪…
in Chinese (Simplified)
小题大做,大惊小怪…
in Spanish
una tormenta en un vaso de agua…
in Portuguese
uma tempestade em um copo d'água…
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