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much ado about nothing

idiom

A lot of fuss or bother about something trivial.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    come to nothing

    To fail completely; to have no result.

  2. 02

    dance on nothing

    To be hanged.

  3. 03

    here goes nothing

    Indicates a lack of confidence or certainty about the activity about to be tried.

  4. 04

    hiding to nothing

    A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.

  5. 05

    if nothing else

    At the very least; as a minimum.

  6. 06

    much of a muchness

    Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.

  7. 07

    not much of anything

    Very little; not a lot.

  8. 08

    nothing doing

    Absolutely not; definitely no.

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