teacup
(tiːkʌp ) also tea-cup
Word forms: teacups
1. countable noun A1
A teacup is a cup that you use for drinking tea.
2. a storm in a teacup phrase regional note: in AM, use a tempest in a teapot
If you describe a situation as a storm in a teacup, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something that is not important. [British]
Both are trying to present the disagreement as a storm in a teacup.
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Idioms:
a storm in a teacup [British]
said to mean that something is not very important but people are making a lot of unnecessary fuss about it. The usual American expression is a tempest in a teapot.
I know how much Ella likes you. I'm sure this disagreement is all a storm in a teacup. It'll blow over in no time.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Translations:
Chinese: 茶杯
Japanese: ティーカップ
- to the full
- to the hilt
- to the hilt
- to the last
- to the last detail
- to the last detail/to the last man
- to the last man
- to the letter
- to the marrow
- to the marrow
- to the max
- to the maximum
- to the minimum
- to the nth degree
- to the point
- to the point of exhaustion
- to the tune of
- to the utmost
- to the wire
- to think better of it
- to think big
- to think nothing of
- to think the world of someone
- to think twice
- to this day