teapot
81a tempest in a teapot — a lot of excitement about a small problem The argument was over quickly. It was a tempest in a teapot …
82tempest in a teapot — See a tempest in a teapot …
83tempest in a teapot — great excitement about something not important The problem was really a tempest in a teapot and after a few days everyone had forgotten about it …
84(a) tempest in a teapot — American a situation where people get very angry or worried about something that is not important. The whole affair is just a tempest in a teapot. In a couple of months everyone will have forgotten about it. (not used with the) …
85tempest in a teapot — a great commotion about a matter of small importance her anger was unreasonable, a tempest in a teapot E.A.McCourt …
86Cadogan teapot — /keuh dug euhn/ a lidless teapot that is made from or in imitation of an inverted Chinese wine pot and is filled through the bottom. [perh. named after the 1st Earl of Cadogan (d. 1726)] …
87(a) tempest in a teapot — a tempest in a ˈteapot idiom (NAmE) (BrE a storm in a ˈteacup) a lot of anger or worry about sth that is not important Main entry: ↑tempestidiom …
88tempest in a teapot — Date: 1838 a great commotion over an unimportant matter …
89as much use as a chocolate teapot — adjective Thoroughly useless …
90tempest in a teapot — Synonyms and related words: big deal, emptiness, flimsiness, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, futility, idleness, inanity, levity, lightness, nugacity, overreaction, shallowness, silliness, slenderness, slightness, superficiality,… …