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单词 mare's nest
释义 mare's nest
noun
(plural mare's nests or mares' nests)
1. : a hoax or fraud or some other nonexistent or illusory thing that seems at first to be very wonderful and full of promise but that ultimately brings ridicule on those deceived by it
 < creating a neat little mare's nest in English dramatic history — R.S.Loomis >
 < spent his whole life looking for what was actually a mare's nest >
2. : a place, condition, or situation of great untidiness, disorder, or confusion
 < the hold of the ship was a mare's nest >
 < had made a mare's nest of the administration >
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