| 单词 | to put the cat among the pigeons |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the cat among the pigeons colloquial. to put the cat among the pigeons and variants: to do or say something which causes trouble, controversy, or upset. ΚΠ 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Palomar The Cat is in the Dove-house. They say, when a Man is got among the Women.] 1841 Northern Star (Leeds) 13 Feb. 8/4 Martin again stood forward. It was evident that he had ‘put the cat among the pigeons’. 1889 Pump Court 17 Apr. 9/1 We will avoid giving clues for identification, otherwise we might ‘turn the cat amongst the pigeons’. 1924 Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurors Chron. Feb. 461 Mr. Henry Bate..has evidently, as the saying is, ‘put the cat among the pigeons’, or in other words upset at least two members of the Magic Circle. 1945 M. Allingham Coroner's Pidgin xxiii. 198 That perishing Admiral... He's put the cat among the pigeons all right. Questions, chits, memos coming down every two minutes. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 26 A vengeful cat was set among the plump pigeons of commercial television. 2000 A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 349/2 John put the cat among the pigeons by establishing in 1960 a new Roman Secretariat of Christian Unity. < as lemmas |
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