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| 词汇 | set the cat among the pigeons |
| 释义 | Idiom set the cat among the pigeonsput/set the cat among the pigeons British & Australian to do or say something that causes trouble and makes a lot of people angry or worried.Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday. That should set the cat among the pigeons. set the cat among the pigeonsTo do or say something that is likely to cause alarm, controversy, or unrest among a lot of people. Primarily heard in UK. The prime minister's casual remarks about the role of ethnicity in unemployment numbers has predictably set the cat among the pigeons on both sides of the political spectrum. We didn't want to set the cat among the pigeons, so we decided not to mention the bomb threat until we knew for certain that it was legitimate. put/set the cat among the ˈpigeons(British English, informal) do something that is likely to cause trouble: She told all the staff they would have to cancel their holidays, and that really set the cat among the pigeons. |
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