a tempest in a teapot
noun phrase
US
: a situation in which people are upset or angry about something that is not very important
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Walz sidestepped the answer and again suggested that outrage of this was a tempest in a teapot overshadowing the more important issues around gun safety and gun control policy.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
There is now a debate in Tehran over whether the trend in Baghdad is simply a tempest in a teapot or whether Tehran will have to learn to live with a resurgent Iraqi Shiite nationalism.
—Alex Vatanka, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2017
And being a bit under the radar after being perpetually on it in 2022 could make all the difference ... assuming all this Stefon Diggs, uh, drama truly is a tempest in a teapot.
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—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
There is now a debate in Tehran over whether the trend in Baghdad is simply a tempest in a teapot or whether Tehran will have to learn to live with a resurgent Iraqi Shiite nationalism.
—Alex Vatanka, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2017
And being a bit under the radar after being perpetually on it in 2022 could make all the difference ... assuming all this Stefon Diggs, uh, drama truly is a tempest in a teapot.
15.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
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“A tempest in a teapot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20tempest%20in%20a%20teapot. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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