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1 bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
Общая лексика: нажить себе кучу враговУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
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2 raise a hornet's nest about one's ears
Общая лексика: нажить множество враговУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > raise a hornet's nest about one's ears
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3 stir up a hornet's nest about one's ears
Общая лексика: нажить множество враговУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > stir up a hornet's nest about one's ears
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4 hornet
[ʹhɔ:nıt] n1. 1) энт. шершень ( Vespidae)2) оса, надоедливая муха, язва2. ав. жарг. бомбардировщик♢
to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornet s' nest about one's ears - потревожить осиное гнездо -
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hornet [ˊhɔ:nɪt] nзоол. ше́ршень◊to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears потрево́жить оси́ное гнездо́
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[ˈhɔ:nɪt]hornet зоол. шершень; to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears потревожить осиное гнездо hornet зоол. шершень; to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears потревожить осиное гнездо hornet зоол. шершень; to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears потревожить осиное гнездо -
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noun zool.шершеньto stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears потревожить осиное гнездо* * *(n) бомбардировщик; надоедливая муха; оса; шершень; язва* * ** * *[hor·net || 'hɔrnɪt /'hɔːn-] n. шершень* * * -
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['hɔːnɪt]сущ.; зоол.••to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest about one's ears — потревожить осиное гнездо
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9 arouse a nest of hornets
(arouse (или stir up) a nest of hornets (тж. bring, raise или stir up a hornet's или hornets' nest about one's ears, put one's hand или head in или into a hornet's или hornets' nest))потревожить осиное гнездо, нажить себе много врагов; см. тж. a hornet's nestJune, who by nature never saw a hornet's nest until she had put her head into it, was seriously alarmed. (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part II, ch. II) — Джун, по природе своей неспособная увидеть шершня, пока он ее не ужалит, не на шутку встревожилась.
He knew I was in bad standing in the force. Maybe because he knew I was drinking he didn't fully credit the new evidence I gave him. He said: ‘Jimmy, for God's sake don't bring a hornets nest about your ears’. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Beyond This Place’, part I, ch. XI) — Вальтер Даниллетти знал, что я на плохом счету в полиции. Ему было известно, что я выпиваю, и, может быть, поэтому он не придал большого значения новым данным об убийстве, с которыми я его познакомил. Он сказал мне: - Джимми, ради бога, не тревожь осиное гнездо!
Voltaire had rashly attacked the whole body of literary critics... This stirred up a hornets' nest and the hornets began to buzz. (N. Mitford, ‘Voltaire in Love’, ch. IV) — Вольтер безрассудно обрушился на всех литературных критиков. Он потревожил осиное гнездо, и осы начали жужжать.
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