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On an NPR news interview, a journalist from the Guardian used the phrase "a storm in a tea cup". This sounds like what USns would call a tempest in a tea pot. Is the storm in a tea cup version standard Brit?
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Dear Faldage: A tempest is a violent storm. So a storm in a teacup is less impressive. Incidentally, I was surprised to discover that "tempus" is the root for "tempest".
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Why is tempus the root for tempest? Well, I didn't ask that very well. I'm assuming (with my negligible knowledge of any Latin) that tempus means time. Mebbe it doesn't mean time. But, if it does, what does time have to do with a violent storm? Did somebody back there time 'em? No, of course not! But where's the connection between tempus and tempest?
Best ripeness is all,
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you may think the connection somewhat tenuous, but it goes like this: time > season > weather > storm http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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Dear tsuwm,
No, that's not a tenuous connection at all. Time as season and season as its weather make a perfectly solid connection even for this whirling mind of mine. Thanks for reining it all in!
Blowing regards,
Whirlwind in a Theresa Cup
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Dear Teresa: Surely you need a pair?
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surely you need a pair
A pair, wwh? As in 'form in a C cup'? Or 'storm over a B cup'?
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Dear wwh,
No. Only one cup. I'm an Amazon.
Breast regards,
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Dear Amazon: tell me the size, and I'll get you a special Amazon falsie, with the right cup built to hold spare arrowheads.
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Here we go again ... Storm in a D Cup, Air on a G String. Bill's recruiting for the Olympics again ... 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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