Both Uses of
tempest
in
Wuthering Heights
- Mr. Heathcliff and his man climbed the cellar steps with vexatious phlegm: I don't think they moved one second faster than usual, though the hearth was an absolute tempest of worrying and yelping.†
Chpt 1 *
- She was struck during a tempest of passion with a kind of fit.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst
The expression tempest in a teapot describes people as being upset over an unimportant matter.