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What does tempest in a teapot mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A major fuss over a trivial matter.
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Bethel further said that it was a tempest in a teapot that would blow over.
The dispute here is a tempest in a teapot created by impoverished healthcare budgets that make the above steps unaffordable.
This is a pretty transparent attempt to parrot the administration line that this is nothing more than another beltway tempest in a teapot.
First of all, very briefly, I don't understand this tempest in a teapot about clarity.
In reality, the firestorm of publicity engulfing Gaughan was nothing more than a tempest in a teapot.
You may argue that this worry about access by the U. S. government to personal information about Canadians is a tempest in a teapot.

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