Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
A storm in a cup of tea
English answer:
A disproportionate reaction of anger, concern, or displeasure over some minor or trivial matter
English term
Egypt
legal translator
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Saudi , Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
A storm in a cup of tea
May 17, 2020 21:02: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "well-known expression"
May 18, 2020 03:26: Edith Kelly changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, philgoddard, Edith Kelly
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United States
I follow my binding words everywhere
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, French to Persian (Farsi), and 3 more.
A disproportionate reaction of anger, concern, or displeasure over some minor or trivial matter
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Fernanda Gonçalves
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Thank you.
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Michael Barnett
: Exactly.
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philgoddard
: Teacup.
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Thank you.
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ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
: With all due respect. It could be of excitement too.
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ok.
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Tony M
: Almost invariably negative emotions
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Elisa Ksiazenicki
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Morocco
A Dr. at your service!
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) , Arabic (Variant: Moroccan) , French (Variants: African, Standard-France, Moroccan)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 14 more.
great outrage or excitement about a trivial matter
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Youssef Chabat
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thank you
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Tony M
: Very, very rarely applied to 'excitement' — I'd go so far as to say never...
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https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/storm
I beg to differ. Here is the definition in Oxford dictionary.
I think you should consider my resource.
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Sheila Wilson
: Not due to excitement, and outrage seems a bit strong too
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Yvonne Gallagher
: not about excitement
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Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
tempest in acup of tea
It is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_in_a_teapot
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Fernanda Gonçalves
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Taña Dalglish
: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_in_a_teapot (In US English, it is "Tempest in a teapot"; in British parlance, it is "storm in a teacup"; however, why use one idiom to explain the other?
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Genilson BARBOSA
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Sheila Wilson
: Agree with Taña
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Yvonne Gallagher
: how is this supposed to help?. Not idiomatic at all
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AllegroTrans
: changing "storm" to "tempest" (a) explains nothing (b) is not even an English saying
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Brazil
Veterinarian+ 1 million words translated
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, and 2 more.
make a big deal about every little thing
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Discussion
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Jun 3, 2014 - This he said and he said, is like a **storm in a teapot** for the journalist. The pollster must be given ... **Excitement, over nothing**. Let us say Mr. Jno ...
@ Adel, I have removed my entry for a number of reasons, firstly as perhaps I was unduly harsh on you, and secondly, for other reasons I am not prepared to get into on this forum as that would be totally improper of me! Regards and stay safe!