Usually means: Much ado about very little.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word storm in a teacup:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. storm in a teacup: Merriam-Webster
  2. storm in a teacup: Collins English Dictionary
  3. storm in a teacup: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. storm in a teacup: Wiktionary
  5. storm in a teacup: Dictionary.com
  6. Storm in a Teacup (The Fortunes song), Storm in a Teacup (company), Storm in a Teacup (disambiguation), Storm in a Teacup (film), Storm in a Teacup, Storm in a teacup: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. storm in a teacup: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (UK) Synonym of tempest in a teapot

Similar:
storm in a tea-kettle, tempest in a teacup, tempest in a tea-kettle, tempest in a teapot, storm-voice, tea fight, pother, thunderclap, splosh, scat, more...

Types:
exaggeration, overreaction, drama, hyperbole, tempest in teapot, more...

Phrases:
a storm in a teacup, more...

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Similar:
storm in a tea-kettle, tempest in a teacup, tempest in a tea-kettle, tempest in a teapot, storm-voice, tea fight, pother, thunderclap, splosh, scat, more...

Types:
exaggeration, overreaction, drama, hyperbole, tempest in teapot, more...

Phrases:
a storm in a teacup, more...



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