Смысл: hornet 
hornet [ʹhɔ:nıt]
n
<Í> 1. 1)энт. шершень (Vespidae )
2) оса, надоедливая муха, язва
2.ав. жарг.
♢ to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornet s' nest about one's ears - потревожить осиное гнездо
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2) оса, надоедливая муха, язва
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be as mad as a hornet Идиома
mad as a hornet
stir up a hornet
stir up a hornet's nest
Idiom(s): stir up a hornet's nestTheme: TROUBLE
to create trouble or difficulties. (Informal.)
• What a mess you have made of things. You've really stirred up a hornet's nest.
• Bill stirred up a hornet's nest when he discovered the theft.
Hornets' nest
A hornets' nest is a violent situation or one with a lot of dispute. (If you create the problem, you 'stir up a hornets' nest'.)mad as a hornet|hen|hop|hops|hornet|mad|mad as a w
adj. phr., informal In a fighting mood; very angry. When my father sees the dent in his fender, he'll be mad as a hornet. Bill was mad as hops when the fellows went on without him. Mrs. Harris was mad as a wet hen when the rabbits ate her tulips.stir up a hornet's nest|hornet|hornet's nest|nest|
v. phr. To make many people angry; do something that many people don't like. The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the rules at school.hornet
hornetsee mad as a hornet; stir up a hornets' nest.
stir up a hornets' nest
stir up a hornets' nestMake trouble, cause a commotion, as in Asking for an audit of the treasurer's books stirred up a hornets' nest in the association. This metaphoric term, likening hornets to angry humans, dates from the first half of the 1700s.
be as mad as a hornet
To be actual angry. Primarily heard in US. Mom was as mad as a hornet afterwards I biconcave her aboriginal car.Learn more: hornet, mad
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