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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Storm in a tea cup #62080 03/23/02 02:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage OP Carpal Tunnel OP Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Storm in a tea cup Faldage 03/23/02 02:43 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup wwh 03/23/02 03:07 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup Wordwind 03/23/02 03:52 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup tsuwm 03/23/02 04:15 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup Wordwind 03/23/02 04:32 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup wwh 03/23/02 08:28 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup moss 03/23/02 09:52 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup Wordwind 03/23/02 11:54 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup wwh 03/24/02 12:59 AM Re: Storm in a tea cup Capital Kiwi 03/24/02 05:05 AM Re: Storm in a tea cup Keiva 03/24/02 06:04 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup hev 03/25/02 01:48 AM Re: Storm in a tea cup Faldage 03/25/02 10:15 AM Re: Storm in a tea cup Wordwind 03/25/02 10:33 AM Re: Storm in a tea cup tsuwm 03/25/02 02:42 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup dxb 03/25/02 04:28 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup hev 03/25/02 09:25 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup tsuwm 03/25/02 10:01 PM deipnosophists? tsuwm 03/25/02 10:14 PM wayzgoose?? tsuwm 03/25/02 10:19 PM Re: wayzgoose?? Faldage 03/26/02 01:17 AM Re: wayzgoose?? Jackie 03/26/02 01:46 AM Re: wayzgoose?? RhubarbCommando 03/26/02 11:04 AM Re: wayzgoose?? Jackie 03/26/02 12:21 PM Re: wayzgoose?? Sparteye 03/26/02 04:04 PM Re: wayzgoose?? AnnaStrophic 03/26/02 05:00 PM Re: wayzgoose?? Jackie 03/26/02 06:39 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/26/02 07:46 PM Re: Storm in a tea cup Faldage 03/26/02 07:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 773 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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