蛮ばん触しょくの争あらそい

expression, noun

fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill

A classical Chinese-derived idiom (故事成語) used to describe a trivial quarrel or a dispute over something insignificant. Rare in everyday speech; mostly encountered in literary or formal contexts.

• 彼かれらの言いい争あらそいは、まるで蛮ばん触しょくの争あらそいだ。

  Their argument is just a storm in a teacup.