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hornets nest

noun as in Pandora's box

noun as in trouble spot

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If we are to pacify this hornets nest, its high time we set about it.

Confusion say, he who would poke hole in hornets nest had best be prepared with long legs.

I aint writ you bout a low flung mounting boy up hear what put a hornets nest under my baid the fust nite we sogourned hear.

The community was famed for its love of liberty, and was later denounced by Cornwallis as a hornets nest.

Some time during the winter his cousin had found a big hornets nest in the woods, and had cut it down and taken it home.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hornets-nest, such as: commotion, difficulty, hazard, trouble, difficult situation, and unpleasant situation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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