Thesaurus / mares nest
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synonyms for mares nest
- complexity
- complication
- difficult situation
- difficulty
- entanglement
- headache
- hot water
- mess
- predicament
- problem
- quagmire
- quandary
- snafu
- snake pit
- snarl
- trouble
- Gordian knot
- complex problem
- hard nut to crack
- troublesome problem
- unpredictable situation
- Pandora's box
- dog's breakfast
- hornet's nest
- mare's nest
- lie
- fraud
- scam
- illusion
- ruse
- hoax
- trick
- subterfuge
- cover-up
- stratagem
- cheat
- whitewash
- sting
- catch
- sham
- artifice
- pretext
- gimmick
- story
- decoy
- fib
- hustle
- dodge
- feint
- bluff
- device
- snare
- wrinkle
- shuck
- swindle
- hogwash
- crock
- shift
- ride
- fallacy
- stall
- trap
- malarkey
- wile
- imposture
- con
- bilk
- con game
- confidence game
- snow job
- jive
- chicane
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- mare's-nest
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How to use mares nest in a sentence
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTAlmost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThe grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLAnd away she flew to her nest, leaving Grandfather Mole to talk to the air, if he wished.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYWeimar being such a "kleines Nest (little nest)," as Liszt calls it, every stranger is immediately remarked.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThere is a certain kind of bird that makes its nest high up on the sides of steep cliffs jutting out over the waters of the ocean.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADEI am certain this bird had a nest there, though the place was too inaccessible to be examined closely.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITHFrom Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 158, APRIL 28, 1920VARIOUSI visited this nest several times, and saw the old bird feeding her young.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITH"Here's his nest," said Jess sleepily, taking her head out of the deep round hole she had made.
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