storm in a teacup
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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
Jennifer Morgan, of the independent U.S.-based World Resources Institute, said the idea of India as a spoiler was "a storm in a teacup".
From Reuters • Dec. 5, 2015
It was an age of ecclesiastical controversy, and Oxford was the centre of what now seems a storm in a teacup.
From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)
