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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gu&Eth;Mundr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Terry (1)	TER-ee	English
Chestirad	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Takumi	tah-koo-mee	Japanese
Thoko	TO-ko	Southern African, Chewa
Donata	do-NAH-tah (Italian)	Italian, Late Roman