| 单词 | stir up a hornets' nest |
| 释义 | stir up a hornets' nestMake trouble, cause a commotion, as in Asking for an audit of the treasurer's books stirred up a hornets' nest in the association. This metaphoric term, likening hornets to angry humans, dates from the first half of the 1700s. Words nearby stir up a hornets' neststirrup cup, stirrup jar, stirrup leather, stirrup pump, stir up, stir up a hornets' nest, stishie, stishovite, stitch, stitch abscess, stitchery The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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