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вызвать переполох, наделать шуму; произвести сенсацию; см. тж. the cat among the pigeons‘It's waste of time,’ she said. ‘It gets you nowhere... Three or four good books and a bit of mystification, and people will take some notice. Putting a cat among the pigeons - I'm a great believer in that...’ (C. P. Snow, ‘Homecoming’, part I, ch. 5) — - То, что вы делаете, - это потеря времени, - сказала Шейла. - Вы же ничего не достигнете... Надо издать три-четыре хорошие книги, овеянные некоторой таинственностью. Они наделают шуму и привлекут внимание читателей. Я твердо верю в это...
The issue of blood sports put the cat among the pigeons at the annual general meeting of the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in London yesterday. (‘Daily Worker’) — Вчера в Лондоне на ежегодном общем собрании членов Королевского общества по охране животных разгорелись страсти при обсуждении вопроса об охоте.
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"кот на голубятне", источник переполоха; ≈ волк в овчарне, лиса в курятнике; см. тж. put a cat among the canariesIt looks as though there is someone in the school who merits our very close attention. Cat among the pigeons, in fact. (A. Christie, ‘Cat Among The Pigeons’, ch. 11) — Похоже, что в школе имеется человек, заслуживающий нашего самого пристального внимания. Можно сказать, это лиса в курятнике.
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