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What does Storm in a teacup mean?
What does Storm in a teacup mean?
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British. : a situation in which people are very angry or upset about something that is not important The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup.
= I feel strongly that it is a storm in a teacup.
= This matter is a storm in a teacup; it is an argument about nothing.
= Secondly, this is a very small matter; it is a storm in a teacup.
= This seems to me to be rather a storm in a teacup.
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