storm in a teacup
Example Sentences
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The row was dismissed earlier this week by Vowles - a Mercedes customer - as "noise that will probably go away", and by Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff as "a storm in a teacup".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
The NFF described the statement as a "storm in a teacup", but it once again brought simmering tensions over finances into the open.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023
Wall Street rose again overnight after a strong procession on US data and markets convincing themselves even more, that omicron is a mildly symptomatic storm in a teacup.
From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2021
If they persist in pretending this is a storm in a teacup, there will likely be political and social consequences--because we women are just plain fed up.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017
In connection with myself quite a storm in a teacup took place.
From Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
