tempest in a teapot

Etymology
Attested since 1838.

Noun

 * 1)  A major fuss over a trivial matter.
 * The media frenzy over the actor's drunken behavior was a tempest in a teapot.

Usage notes

 * This is by far the most common of the various forms of the idiom in the US, and the most common form overall.

Synonyms

 * , and its variants storm in a tea-kettle, storm in a glass of water, and storm in a teapot
 * , and its variants storm in a tea-kettle, storm in a glass of water, and storm in a teapot

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * South Levantine Arabic: زوبعة في فنجان
 * Bengali: চায়ের কাপে ঝড়
 * Catalan: tempesta en un vas d'aigua
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: storm i et glas vand
 * Dutch: storm in een glas water
 * Estonian: torm veeklaasis
 * Finnish: myrsky vesilasissa
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: veður út af engu, ys og þys út af engu
 * Italian: tempesta in un bicchiere d'acqua
 * Japanese: コップの中の嵐
 * Korean: 찻잔 속의 폭풍
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: storm i et vannglass
 * Nynorsk: storm i eit vassglas
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: furtună într-un pahar de apă, furtună-n pahar de apă
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: tormenta en un vaso de agua
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: టీకప్పులో తుపాను
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: incir çekirdeğini doldurmaz
 * Vietnamese: bé xé ra to
 * Yiddish: אַ שטורעם אין אַ גלאָז וואַסער