"a tempest in a teacup" 怎么发音
expression
uh TEM-pest in uh TEE-kuhp
uh TEM-pest in uh TEE-kup
释义
An idiom describing a situation where someone treats a small problem as if it were something much more serious than it really is.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈtɛmpəst/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈtiˌkəp
英式英语
æɪ/ /tˈɛmpəst/ /ˈɪn/ /æɪ/ /tˈiːkʌp
简化发音
美式
uh TEM-pest in uh TEE-kuhp
英式
uh TEM-pest in uh TEE-kup
语境中听
Don't make a tempest in a teacup about being five minutes late.
It was just a small mistake, but he made a tempest in a teacup.
Their argument was a tempest in a teacup—it didn't really matter.
Honestly, this is just a tempest in a teacup. No one will even remember it next week.