What Does “stir up a hornets’ nest” mean?
Definition:
If you stir up a hornets’ nest, you make trouble.
A hornet is a large stinging insect that typically nests in hollow trees.
Another idiom with the term hornet is:
- as mad as a hornet
It means very angry as in:
he was as mad as a hornet when he discovered the truth about his wife.
Example(s)
Don’t bring up that topic again in the meeting. You will be stirring up a hornets’ nest.
This idiom is in the animals category.
