英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-8 a storm in a teacup

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【字面理解】茶杯里的風(fēng)暴

【英文解析】a small or unimportant problem which is treated as much more serious than it really is

【中文解析】杯水風(fēng)波;小題大做;大驚小怪

【典型例句】① The people next door are continually quarreling, but it is usually a storm in a teaaq).隔壁的人總是不斷爭(zhēng) 吵,但經(jīng)常都是小題大做。

② Don’t worry. It’s a storm in a teacup. Everyone will have forgotten about it by tomorrow.別擔(dān)心，這不過(guò)是茶杯 里掀風(fēng)浪，到明天大家就都把這事給忘了。

【注釋】出自法國(guó)哲學(xué)家和思想家孟德斯鳩(Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu)的名言。有一次，他 聽(tīng)說(shuō)圣馬力諾(San Marino)發(fā)生了政治動(dòng)亂，就用 “茶杯里的風(fēng)暴”來(lái)評(píng)論這件事。因?yàn)槭ヱR力諾是歐洲最小的共和國(guó)，只有一萬(wàn)人口，孟德斯鳩認(rèn)為那里 的動(dòng)亂對(duì)整個(gè)歐洲局勢(shì)無(wú)足輕重[u。變體：a tempest in a teapot or barrel; a teapot tempest; a storm in a cream-bowl; a storm in a wash-hand basin。