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Carl Guttenberg's 1778 Tea-Tax Tempest, with exploding teapot. Tempest in a teapot (American English), or also phrased as storm in a teacup (British English), or tempest in a teacup, is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion.
e IPFV. TAM hina’aro like na DEIX vau SG tō DEF mei’a banana ra DEIX e hina’aro na vau tō mei’a ra IPFV.TAM like DEIX SG DEF banana DEIX 'I would like those bananas (you mentioned).' Mortlockese Mortlockese is an Austronesian language made up of eleven dialects over the eleven atolls that make up the Mortlock Islands in Micronesia. Various TAM markers are used in the language. Mood ...
An example of the phrase as a sundial motto in Redu, Belgium.. Tempus fugit is typically employed as an admonition against sloth and procrastination (cf. carpe diem) rather than an argument for licentiousness (cf. "gather ye rosebuds while ye may"); the English form is often merely descriptive: "time flies like the wind", "time flies when you're having fun".
There are two words in ancient Greek that have been translated to "temperance" in English. The first, sôphrosune, largely meant "self-restraint".The other, enkrateia ', was a word coined during the time of Aristotle, to mean "control over oneself", or "self-discipline".
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A tantrum, angry outburst, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit, or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, [1] [2] [3] usually associated with those in emotional distress. It is typically characterized by stubbornness , crying , screaming , violence , [ 4 ] defiance , [ 5 ] angry ranting , a resistance to attempts at pacification, and, in some ...
The heir to a pie company fortune who murdered his best friend on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to life in prison for his “barbaric and cruel” crime. William Bush, 23, was killed by Dylan ...
Temper (band), a dance music group; Temper, a 2008 album by Benoit Pioulard "Temper", a song by Cyberaktif from the 1991 album Tenebrae Vision "Temper", a 2021 song by Vera Blue; Temper, or, Domestic Scenes, a novel by Amelia Opie, 1812–1813; The Tempering, a young-adult novel by Gloria Skurzynski, 1983; Temper, a character in Corner Shop Show