Definitions
WordNet 3.0
- n. a highly contentious or hazardous situation
- n. habitation for wasps or hornets
Examples
“We had a hornet's nest on our hands, and to stop at Collinsville would be to have it about our ears.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hornet's nest’.
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Civil War Places
Colorful names from a bloody conflict.
manassas junction, shiloh, gaines mill, fredericksburg, chickamauga, vicksburg, antietam, gettysburg, the wilderness, cold harbor,, spotsylvania, appomattox and 111 more...
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Noah's Park
Hello, and Welcome™! Come and visit our most diverse land of our Animalesque™ adventures. Here at Noah's Park™ we have Virtually All You'd Ever Want To See™. An experience that is related to ani...
sheep's eyes, doe-eyed, cat-eyed, bug-eyed, cat's paw, black swan, leapfrog, menagerie, cold turkey, card shark, snail's pace, bull's eye and 362 more...
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Animalia Wordia
Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.
paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...
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X's Y, where X is not somebody's name
Somebody must already have a list like this. But I'm bored, so I'm going to start my own.
cat's pajamas, bee's knees, mare's nest, lion's share, snowball's chance..., widow's peak, busman's holiday, devil's advocate, greengrocer's apo..., baker's dozen, curate's egg, pope's nose and 224 more...
Tweets
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