a fuss over nothing
a fuss over nothing
An inordinate amount of stress, concern, frustration, or anger over something that is not actually very important. The senator claimed the outrage over the supposed scandal was all a fuss over nothing. Because I was injured on set, I had to be taken to the emergency room, even though it was just a dislocated thumb. It was a lot of fuss over nothing, but we had to follow company policy.
See also: fuss, nothing, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a fuss about nothing
- fuss
- make a fuss of/over somebody/something
- make a fuss over (someone or something)
- fall over (oneself) to (do something)
- fall over oneself
- fall over yourself
- fall over yourself to do something
- make a fuss of (someone or something)
- fall all over oneself