hornets' nest

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hor·nets' nest (hôr

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A violent or highly contentious situation: "such diplomatic hornets' nests as [the] expulsion of Asians from Uganda" (Christian Science Monitor).

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Noun	1.	hornets' nest - a highly contentious or hazardous situation; "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest" hornet's 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.	hornets' nest - habitation for wasps or hornets wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornet's nest nidus - a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs

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