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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ba’trachomy’omachia (pronounce Ba-trak’o-my’o-mak’ia).
 
A storm in a puddle; much ado about nothing. The word is the name of a mock heroic poem in Greek, supposed to be by Pi’grs of Caria, and means The Battle of the Frogs and Mice.   1
 


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