hornets' nest
English
Noun
hornets' nest (plural hornets' nests)
- (figuratively) An unpleasant or controversial situation likely to be exacerbated by outside involvement.
- 1902, Francis Lynde, The Master of Appleby:
- Now what a-devil has set this hornet's nest of theirs abuzz so suddenly?
- 2007, Tom Peavler, The Adjustment
- Those articles in the tabloids stirred up a real hornets' nest.
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Translations
an unpleasant or controversial situation
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See also
- stir up a hornet's nest
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