Fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foddle. All the wishes in the world are poppycock and twaddle. -- lyrics to Richard Rogers' Cinderella.
excessive efforts expended on a something trivial; much ado about nothing
Hyphenation
ex·ces·sive efforts expended on a some·thing trivial; much a·do a·bout noth·ing