Re: USAGE: Inventing gunpowder & idioms

Irina Rempt wrote:

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> Also in Dutch, as well as "a storm in a glass of water" that means
> a trivial upset that's made far too much of.
>
>    Irina
Reminds me of  "a tempest in a teapot."  Slightly different connotation
though.  I've heard the expression used to describe a small and ineffectual
person who is throwing a temper tantrum while everyone just ignores or laughs
at them.