stir up a hornets' nest
stir up a hornets' nest · stirs up a hornets' nest · stirred up a hornets' nest · stirring up a hornets' nest
To do or say something that causes a lot of trouble or controversyTo do or say something that causes a lot of trouble or controversy.
» Sami continued to stir up the hornets' nest.
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1 sensesTo do or say something that causes a lot of trouble or controversy.
Examples
2 sentencesSami continued to stir up the hornets' nest.
Be careful. You're going to stir up a hornet's nest.
ruБудь осторожен. Ты собираешься потревожить осиное гнездо. — odexed
deSei vorsichtig! Du stichst hier in ein Hornissennest. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesForms
stirs up a hornets' nest, stirring up a hornets' nest, stirred up a hornets' nest, stirred up a hornets' nest| Base form | stir up a hornets' nest · to stir up a hornets' nest |
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| 3rd person singular | stirs up a hornets' nest |
| Present participle | stirring up a hornets' nest |
| Past simple | stirred up a hornets' nest |
| Past participle | stirred up a hornets' nest |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | stir up a hornets' nest |
| he, she, it | stirs up a hornets' nest |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | stirred up a hornets' nest |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have stirred up a hornets' nest |
| he, she, it | has stirred up a hornets' nest |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will stir up a hornets' nest |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.