hornet's nest

1. I thought my article was harmless, but I have stirred up a hornet's nest.
   我认为我的文章没有什么害处，但我却惹来麻烦。
2. The manager has stirred up a hornet's nest because he did not agree with the stall.
   经理没同意员工的意见，员工们很是不高兴。
3. The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the rules at school.
   校长修改了校规，引起了校内一片愤。
4. His reform scheme had failed so miserably that perhaps he felt he ought not raise a hornet's nest about his head so soon after the troubles he had gone through.
   他的改革计划已彻底失败，也许他觉得在他刚刚遭到挫败之后不应该再使自己成为众矢之的。
5. The government stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the prices of the goods.
   政府更改了物价标准，因而激起了众怒。
6. For goodness sake, don't remind him of the unfortunate business that happened last year or you'll bring a hornet's nest about our ears.
   务必不要向他提及去年发生的不幸事件，否则你就会招惹麻烦的。

noun

1. habitation for wasps or hornets

   Synonym:    wasp's nestwasps' nesthornets' nest

2. a highly contentious or hazardous situation
   1. talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest

   Synonym:    hornets' nest