hornet's nest
Example Sentences
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Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest and get stung, you can’t really blame the hornets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The judges said when they directed the temple officials to produce complete files and records relating to the repair of the idols, "little did we realise, that we were in fact opening a hornet's nest".
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
“It would be like kicking the hornet’s nest for the court to get into the merits of this,” Gerhardt said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
One day, he recalled, he and several other boys threw rocks at a hornet’s nest in an old apple tree, hoping to topple it.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
He had already cleaned out a hornet’s nest in the blockhouse and swept off the launchpad.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
