storm in a teacup

/stˈɔːm ɪn ɐ tˈiːkʌp/

/stˈoːɹm ɪn ɐ tˈiːkʌp/

storm in a teacup

an unnecessary amount of worry or anger toward an unimportant matter

Examples

1. The whole controversy turned out to be a storm in a teacup.

2. Both are trying to present the disagreement as a storm in a teacup.

3. In Sicily is a town called Messina, which is the scene of a curious storm in a teacup that raged several hundred years ago.

4. It is, a storm in a teacup, a storm in a teacup.