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hornet's nest

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Noun1.hornet's nest - a highly contentious or hazardous situation; "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest"
hornets' nest
situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
2.hornet's nesthornet's nest - habitation for wasps or hornets      
wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornets' nest
nidus - a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs


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"Mother," said I, "take the whole and let's be going," for I was sure the bolted door must have seemed suspicious and would bring the whole hornet's nest about our ears, though how thankful I was that I had bolted it, none could tell who had never met that terrible blind man.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
"Oh, ho," he said, "a nest of revolutionists--and quite a hornet's nest it would seem.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
We got a splendid stock of sorted spiders, and bugs, and frogs, and caterpillars, and one thing or another; and we like to got a hornet's nest, but we didn't.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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