storm in a tea-kettle

== English == === Noun === storm in a tea-kettle Alternative form of storm in a teacup: synonym of tempest in a teapot. 1887, Henry Theophilus Finck, Romantic Love and Personal Beauty [1] But this momentary ebullition of feeling is but a storm in a tea-kettle compared to the ferocity of a jealous lover seeking to devour his rival. 1908, The Parliamentary Debates [2] Altogether this was rather a storm in a tea-kettle. 1992, Linda Goodman, Linda Goodman's Love Signs [3] The Pisces ability to shrug complacently when things go wrong, refuse to make mountains out of molehills, stir up a storm in a teakettle, or cut down a beanstalk for no reason...leaving poor Jack to fall to the ground with a thud...is such a lovely thing. 1999, Izaak Mansk, Emil Brut [4] So, I feel sure, and Mr. Willoughby also, that what we have now is a “storm in a tea-kettle”, so he called it today on the telephone to me, and he is the specialist, the famous nephrologist, who knows intimately Mr. Hartman’s case.