| 词汇 | tempest-in-a-teapot |
| 释义 | tempest in a teapotidiomUS(UKstorm in a teacup) a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important小题大做，大惊小怪 Inconvenience a pain (in the neck)idiom a pain in the arse/backsideidiom aggravation aggro awkward bother bulky disturbance fuss hassle have fun and gamesidiom imposition incommode more trouble than it's worthidiom nuisance palaver pinprick tempest untoward untowardly tempest in a teapot | American Dictionarytempest in a teapotidiom something of no importance that causes a great deal of excitement or trouble: It seemed like an innocent remark, but it set off a tempest in a teapot. Examples of tempest in a teapottempest in a teapot But the whole case of this sub-postmaster is a tempestinateapot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope we can find a solution without having yet another tempestinateapot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The presiding judge ruled that the matter was a tempestinateapot, did not constitute a disturbance in the legal sense of the term. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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