The phrase "a small storm in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a minor conflict or controversy that is being exaggerated or given more attention than it deserves.
Example: "The disagreement over the new policy turned out to be just a small storm in a teacup."
Alternatives: "a minor uproar in" or "a little tempest in".
Word of the changes has kindled a small storm in Washington in the last month.
None of this would matter much in most towns, where it would be a small storm in a municipal teacup.
He had caused a small storm, in 1878, with the appearance of "Daisy Miller," whose sales were of a breeziness that would hardly be repeated; he had also published "The Europeans" (1878) and "Washington Square" (1880).
Josh Lerner, arguably the most respected academic in private equity, his Harvard University colleague, Victoria Ivashina and their peer, Lily Fang of INSEAD, have stirred up a small storm in the world of private equity with a recent study showing that co-investment underperformed commingled PE fund investments at seven large institutional investors over the 20 years ending in 2011.
Four tropical cyclones have been observed here — a weak tropical storm in 1991 off the coast of Africa near Angola, Cyclone Catarina (sometimes also referred to as Aldonça), which made landfall in Brazil in 2004 at Category 2 strength, and a smaller storm in January 2004, east of Salvador, Brazil.
A small storm swept in, the lightning and marble-size hail chasing boaters to search for refuge on the gravel banks.
A small storm, Carrie slowed drastically in forward movement as it curved northward.
Initially a rather small storm in terms of physical size, the hurricane steadily intensified throughout the day.
The weakening was possibly due to an eyewall replacement cycle, and although previously it was a small storm, the typhoon gradually increased in size.
If the Free Democrats blocked a deal on the DM610 problem, Christian Democrats might use them as a scapegoat for the financial squeeze which makes the increase in pension contributions necessary.All, then, just another small storm in the coalition's cracked teacup?
