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HORNET'S NEST

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• HORNET'S NEST (noun)
The noun HORNET'S NEST has 2 senses:

1. a highly contentious or hazardous situation
2. habitation for wasps or hornets

Familiarity information: HORNET'S NEST used as a noun is rare.

• HORNET'S NEST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A highly contentious or hazardous situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hornet's nest; hornets' nest

Context example:

talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest

Hypernyms ("hornet's nest" is a kind of...):

situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Habitation for wasps or hornets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

wasp's nest; wasps' nest; hornet's nest; hornets' nest

Hypernyms ("hornet's nest" is a kind of...):

nidus (a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs)

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(English proverb)
"Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas."
(Native American proverb, Blackfoot)
"The dogs may bark but the caravan moves on."
(Arabic proverb)
"The vine says to the vintager: "Make me poor, and I will make you rich.""
(Corsican proverb)

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