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mare's-nest

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mare's-nest
n
1. a discovery imagined to be important but proving worthless
2. a disordered situation


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as a matter of fact, turned out to be rather a mare's-nest.
We shall work the case out independently, and leave this fellow Jones to exult over any mare's-nest which he may choose to construct.
"Hugh, dear," she sighed, patting his hand, "you do so much better looking after your hospitals and your wounded than unearthing mare's-nests like this.
 
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