Fish Pond Problem

"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.

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.

by erinod23 June 4, 2024

The Problem

what you say to freak your best friends bf out....if you are extremely jealous.

I'm sooooo jealous your dating Lisa, but you do know she's got the problem...

by LM!!! September 18, 2011

problem

abby

"yooo bro who keeps texting you?"

"The problem."

by pumpkinpieisdead June 26, 2022

a problem

When you make a play so good, it gets all the girls in a 5 mile radius absolutely creaming, solves the complicated question of what is the purpose of life and single handedly makes $100000 appear in the nearest charity.

I was playing VCT Qualifiers yesterday and got called a problem by the casters cause of how insane I was.

by hami2k July 26, 2022

got a eye problem eah

usually used when a hoodrat catches you glimpsing at them for a split second

guy1: looks over at maori for a second
hoodrat:got a eye problem eah

by totally not a alien May 10, 2024

Three body problem

The frustration that occurs in a two male, one female threesome attempting double penetration without their balls touching.

Did you hear George and Jerry had a three body problem last night?

by Rikstah April 4, 2024

That's the problem

Jordan.... I ALREADY DID. I already did the think you want me to do. And YOU CHOSEN MIND-RAPE SURVEILLANCE DYSTOPIA. You chose to take my free will away from me. I have learned nothing from this and CLEARLY neither have you. The peer pressure isn't ever going to work.

Hym "That's the problem actually. That's what you don't seem to understand guys. I'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF MY OWN HANDS. I have removed my own flaw and suspended it until this is resolved. I've rendered psychology meaningless. It doesn't matter what I think or feel about the matter. If God tells you to kill kids you should probably do the opposite. But I don't have kids so the analogue would be what? I already did the thing you want me to do now. And what did you choose? You chose to leave me in a hell of my own description and ignore everything I said TO YOUR OWN DETRIMENT!!! There is no sweeping this until the rug for you. You're trying to convince me to dive on my own sword AND forget about the fact that when you thought you have power over me you chose 'Dying slowly while an infection eats away at your brain and you fail to escape hell.' Jordan. The trickery isn't going to work. THIS isn't going to work. I told you it wasn't going to work before you did it. You need to stop trying to make this work. You're not going to peer pressure me into doing what you want and you aren't going to manifest it."

by Hym Iam July 10, 2025