a tempest in a teapot



a tempest in a teapot

  (American)
a situation where people get very angry or worried about something that is not important (not used with the ) The whole affair is just a tempest in a teapot. In a couple of months everyone will have forgotten about it.
See also: teapot, tempest

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ChetCHETEnglish
DagnÝ-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
PaulaPOW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
MÁRtonMAHR-tonHungarian
Gracjan-Polish
ReinoRAY-noFinnish