Baʹtrachomyʹomachia (pronounce Ba-trakʹo-myʹo-makʹia).

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 Piʹgrēs of Caria, and means The Battle of the Frogs and Mice.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bath Metal
Bath Post
Bath Shillings
Bath Stone
Bath (Major)
Bath-kol (daughter of the voice)
Bathos [Greek, bathos, depth]
Bathsheba
Bathyllus
Batiste
Batrachomyomachia (pronounce Ba-trako-myo-makia)
Batta
Battar
Battels
Battersea
Battle
Battle of the Frogs and Mice (The)
Battle of the Kegs (The)
Battle of the Poets (The)
Battle of the Whips
Battle (Sarah)

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