stir up a hornets' nest

English

Alternative forms

• kick a hornets' nest

Idiom

stir up a hornets' nest

1. to do or say something that causes a lot of trouble or controversy

Translations

Translations

• Welsh: tynnu nyth cacwn ar ei ben (literally “to pull a hornets' nest onto one's head”)

Further reading

• “stir up a hornets' nest”, in Collins English Dictionary.