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What does storm in a teacup mean?

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Noun
  1. (Britain) Synonym of tempest in a teapot
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In face of such gloating by the political right, several newspapers have insisted that the whole affair is a storm in a teacup.
I fail to comprehend why the advertising industry is raising such a storm in a teacup.
Even if it did happen such incidents are commonplace on the training fields of the land, a storm in a teacup quickly sorted and set aside by practical managers.
The other European powers made great play of belittling US fears and giving the appearance that this was a storm in a teacup.
It appeared to be game on, but for Thunder it was merely a storm in a teacup as thereafter York gleaned total control.
What happened between me and Ian was a storm in a teacup, handbags at 22 paces, and there was no real aggro, beyond the pair of us making our points.

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