I hadn't minded her mill that morning, on account of having that
hornets' nest of other troubles; but more than once in the afternoon I had to say:
No sooner had Metak so unwarily opened the door to this
hornets' nest than he immediately withdrew and, turning, fled again in a new direction.
Let us look,' said the lama, and he led from the white road across the fields; walking into a very
hornets' nest of pariah dogs.
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The three titles are: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played With Fire; and The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornets' Nest.
To advertise the program they sent out around 3,500 postcards announcing that 180
Hornets' Nest spots were available in the company's second space.
Summary: Relations between Lebanon and Syria have taken a marked turn for the worse in recent days, and the latter's pronouncement that it faces a dire threat emanating from inside the former's borders has poked the proverbial
hornets' nest. Nascent crises of this sort have a way of quickly moving beyond the ability of any party to control.
We gave him sanctuary at the cost of millions during the previous upheaval over his novel Satanic Verses and now this Government in its wisdom has once more stirred the
hornets' nest.
Saddam Hussein has built a '
hornets' nest' around Baghdad, ringing it with air defences more formidable than the 1991 Gulf War, say US military officials.
"Charitable choice raises a
hornets' nest of policy and constitutional problems in providing welfare services; adding it to education programs is truly misguided," said Barry W.
BRISTOL City's faint hopes of an end-of-season play-off place were finally wrecked after they'd stirred up a
hornets' nest at Chesterfield.
THE first Asian
hornets' nest found in Britain has been destroyed after an invasion of the insects which threaten bees.
hornets' nest - habitation for wasps or hornets