hornet's nest

“Political leaders are all afraid of poking the hornet’s nest and taking a stand.”

He penned a memoir on growing up in the rural South as well as a book of poems, and he was the first president to write a novel — “The Hornet’s Nest,” about the South during the Revolutionary War.

“Do we really want to rattle the hornet’s nest?” if Trump wins, asked Regent José Hernández.

“The Metastasis operation is like kicking the hornet’s nest,” said Gustavo Flores-Macías, a professor of government and public policy at Cornell University who specializes in Latin America.

They’re still no match for a guy who can wipe out a hornet’s nest with a stun gun.