"Have a fish pond problem" = Thinking you have a huge, critically important problem to deal with.
Compared to - "Making a mountain out of a molehill" = Exaggerating and exacerbating a very minor, insignificant issue into a tremendous obstacle or crisis.
Owners of fish ponds ( like koi ponds) get very upset if something goes wrong with their koi or the environment. The world is ending if there is a fish pond problem.
Compared to - "Making a mountain out of a molehill" = Exaggerating and exacerbating a very minor, insignificant issue into a tremendous obstacle or crisis.
Owners of fish ponds ( like koi ponds) get very upset if something goes wrong with their koi or the environment. The world is ending if there is a fish pond problem.
John was stressed about missing the office holiday party, but his wife told him he was having a fish pond problem and it wasn't that big of a deal.
When the restaurant messed up my order, I started to get really worked up until my friend said "Relax, you're having a fish pond problem again over something minor."
Sarah tends to have a lot of fish pond problems - she'll obsess over tiny issues like being 5 minutes late as if they're catastrophic events.
The team spent two hours debating the colors for the new logo design. Their manager finally had to intervene and say they were having a fish pond problem before refocusing them.
When the restaurant messed up my order, I started to get really worked up until my friend said "Relax, you're having a fish pond problem again over something minor."
Sarah tends to have a lot of fish pond problems - she'll obsess over tiny issues like being 5 minutes late as if they're catastrophic events.
The team spent two hours debating the colors for the new logo design. Their manager finally had to intervene and say they were having a fish pond problem before refocusing them.
by erinod23 June 4, 2024
Get the Fish Pond Problemmug. 
Get the Fishmug. 1. A state of random and spontaneous de-animation.
2. An organic state of being defunct or inoperative.
3. Disease of fish, when fish seem to be frozen mid-swim in the middle of the tank without moving up or down. Unaffected by stimuli.
2. An organic state of being defunct or inoperative.
3. Disease of fish, when fish seem to be frozen mid-swim in the middle of the tank without moving up or down. Unaffected by stimuli.
by cat wrangler February 6, 2010
Get the Fish Lockmug. A potato that is also a fish. Commonly worshipped by middle schoolers, the fish potato is believed to be the soul essence of everything around us. It can be used in any sentence and still kinda make sense.
No one knows where or how it started, but we do know it's everywhere now. You can't escape the fish potato.
No one knows where or how it started, but we do know it's everywhere now. You can't escape the fish potato.
Middle Schooler: Darn. I haven't been feeling very fish potato lately.
Other Middle Schooler: Oh my fish potato! That's awful!
Other Middle Schooler: Oh my fish potato! That's awful!
by MRIIIIIII October 15, 2019
Get the Fish Potatomug. Its when You're Stuck doing the bed of chaos for the 50th time and your starting to smell like a sweaty ass ball fish
by Fish Cave December 24, 2022
Get the Fish Minesmug. by the1whoyeets December 8, 2020
Get the nemo fishmug. by slappingfishtogetherong January 6, 2023
Get the slapping fish togethermug.