VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Tempest in a Teapot

Meaning:

A commotion about something unimportant

Examples:

  • You could even create your own little tempest in a teapot.
  • The whole thing was a tempest in a teapot.
  • The controversy over the tip of the iceberg seems to have been nothing more than a tempest in a teapot.
  • Tempest in a teapot, really.