B2🐺 Animals
Toccare un vespaio
To stir up a hornet's nest; to provoke a lot of trouble
Literal Translation
"To touch a wasp's nest"
What it means
To stir up a hornet's nest; to provoke a lot of trouble
Example in context
"Con quella domanda ha toccato un vespaio."
"With that question he stirred up a hornet's nest."
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