单词 | a storm in a teacup |
释义 | a storm in a teacupa storm in a teacup British EnglishBrEUNIMPORTANT an unnecessary expression of strong feelings about something that is very unimportant 茶杯里的风波,小题大做,大惊小怪 Examples from the Corpus a storm in a teacup• Both are trying to present the disagreement as a storm in a teacup.• Others sink in what outsiders might regard as a storm in a teacup.• But Mr Tait described the row as a storm in a teacup.• Within Dotty's hearing a home pirate remarked that he thought it had all been a storm in a teacup.• The succession issue seems rather a storm in a teacup to me.• However, it's a storm in a teacup. → a storm in a teacup at storm1(3) |
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