Tempest in a Teapot——小題大做

** a squabble or an outburst over a trifle（為小事而爭吵或爆發）

** a lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a matter that is not important（為瑣事發生很多不必要的憤怒和擔心）

** a small or insignificant event that is over-reacted to, as if it were of considerably more consequence（反應過度的小事件或無關緊要的事件，好像它的後果要大得多。）

~小題大做；小題大作：大驚小怪

~ storm / tempest in a teacup // storm / tempest in a glass of water / much ado about nothing // make a mountain out of molehills // break not a butterfly on a wheel

!! This expression had appeared in varying forms for hundreds of years: storm in a cream bowl (1678 letter from the Duke of Ormond to the Earl of Arlington), tempest in a glass of water (the Grand Duke Paul ofRussia, c.1790), and storm in a hand-wash basin (Lord Thurlow, c.1830).

（數百年來這種表達已經出現了不同模式：奶油碗中的風暴〈Ormond 公爵於1678年給Arlington伯爵的信〉，一杯水中的暴風雨〈俄羅斯Paul大公，1790年〉，在洗手盆裡的暴風〈Thurlow勳爵，1830年〉）

>> I had a question for my dad in primary 6 math, but he solved it with the method he had learnt in college, which was a tempest in a teapot.

（我有一條小六的數學題問爸爸，但他竟以大學時所學的方法來解答，真是小題大做。）

>> When Siu Ming got to school, his body temperature reached 37.2 degrees. He dared

ask the school doctor to send him to the hospital for treatment. It was tempest in a teapot.

（小明回校時，體溫37.2度，他竟要求校醫送他入院治療，真是小題大作。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授