And one can see these things almost in everyday situations. Or maybe it is important, yet not so much as to make such a big fuss about it. The saying is translated “For Gratidius raised a tempest in a ladle.” The phrase also appeared in its French form at the end of the eighteenth century as translated as “a tempest in a glass of water,” referring to an uprising in the Republic of Geneva. First, a storm in a teacup is an idiomatic expression which means that someone has a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important. The idiomatic saying is linked to the writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero of Rome in the first century BC.
President Biden’s speech went viral and became a tempest in a teapot.The controversy prior to the election may have been a tempest in a teapot.The Prime Minister denied commenting on the current tempest in a teapot.A tempest in a teacup began with the Queen’s four-minute video address to her people on coronavirus.A Hindu girl in love with a Muslim boy quickly becomes a tempest in a teacup.This incident turned out to be another tempest in a teapot. Not all storm idioms are referring to something negative though. 'A perfect storm’ refers to a combination of events and circumstances that lead to a disastrous result. This idiom is used when someone makes a situation seem much worse than it is. She appeared confused and shown that she believed I was making a tempest in a teapot. When someone says there’s ‘a storm in a teacup’, it doesn’t mean there’s an actual storm in a teacup.
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