Why are you trying to stir up a hornet's nest?

你为什么要去捅马蜂窝呢？

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It you are really angry, you might say you are mad as a hornet. Andif you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.

如果你很生气，你可以说“气的暴跳如雷”，如果你“捅马蜂窝”，你就是在制造麻烦和问题。

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And if you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

Andif you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

At their latest gathering on January 23rd, held to the great embarrassment of the local mayor at the Osaka International Peace Centre, they managed to do what they have not been able to achieve in ages: stir up a hornet's nest of interest.

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Even with the evidence against this fuel--its energy inefficiency and environmental harm--he probably won't feel he can stir up a political hornet's nest and cut back various ethanol subsidies, particularly the 54-cents-per-gallon tariff on competing Brazilian-produced sugar-based ethanol.

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