hornet's nest
Example Sentences
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The trooper said he “didn’t really see a need to stir up the hornet’s nest for such a minor violation.”
From Seattle Times
Disney’s complaint cites a Florida lawmaker at the time saying: “You kick the hornet’s nest, things come up. And I will say this: You got me on one thing, this bill does target one company. It targets the Walt Disney Company.”
From Los Angeles Times
Scott Adams sat for his regular YouTube show last month with a plan to stir a hornet’s nest.
From Washington Post
One day, he recalled, he and several other boys threw rocks at a hornet’s nest in an old apple tree, hoping to topple it.
From New York Times
Nina Olson, a former head of the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, said that when Werfel came into the IRS in the summer of 2013, ”he walked into a hornet’s nest.”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
