stormy petrel

stormy petrel

One who enjoys conflict and is often associated with it; a troublemaker. The phrase refers to a seabird of the same name that was thought to indicate bad weather. Todd is just a stormy petrel, causing trouble everywhere he goes!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a woman's work is never done
  • show (one) to (something or some place)
  • show to a seat
  • somebody's scene
  • (one's) scene
  • scene
  • a knock-down, drag-out fight
  • cup of tea
  • cup of tea, one's
  • not one's cup of tea
References in periodicals archive
In 1924, Anderson's Stormy Petrels became Southern champions when they won twenty of twenty-two games, compiling a .909 winning percentage.
Frank Anderson: the dean of Southern College baseball coaches, 1916-1944
"So, with Leslie and me having bought Stormy Petrel V, and us enjoying last year's regatta so much when sailing as crew with friends, we decided to race our own boat this year.
Looks like team spirit: an early surge of entries and the announcement of a new multihull Australian Championship for 2016 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is drawing serious attention
See also Miller, Billy Mitchell: "Stormy Petrel," 39; and White, Mason Patrick, 116.
Maj Gen William "Billy" Mitchell: a pyrrhic promotion
Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), the stormy petrel of the party, entered politics at the age of 32.
Telangana now or never, TRS lawmaker says
"There was some tight racing out there today--we had a tacking duel with Stormy Petrel as we made our way to the finish line; and we were hunted by Gusto all afternoon but managed to hold them off," Peter Lewis said.
Chills and spills: it came down to the final race of the season in early July to determine the divisional winners of the Land Rover Winter Series with 133 competitors in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia organized race-treated to a stunning winter's day with just the right amount of breeze on Sydney Harbour
After pitching its demand high, the Congress has come down to make up with Sharad Pawar's National Congress Party in Maharashtra, stormy petrel Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal and the charge-sheeted Shibu Soren in Jharkhand.
Dynasty overshadows South Asia's politics
In the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series, One More No More (Ian and Shane Guanaria) maintains a commanding lead in the IRC division from Stormy Petrel (Kevin O'Shea) and Elusive (Paul Billingham and Pete McGee) third.
At the helm
I offer my congratulations to the overall division winners: Duende (Damian Parkes) Division A1: Black Sheep (Derek and Marl in Sheppard) Division A2; Assassin (Clare Crawford) Division B; Reve (Kevin Whelan) Division C: Vamos (Tim Ryan) Division D; Devils Lair (Barry Crook) Division E; L'Eau Co (Grant Pollock) Division F; Luce Change (Adrian McGrath) Division G: Noakes Blue (Shaun McKnight) Division H: Valkyrie (Christian Nicks) Division J1; L'Attitude (Robert Hunt, Jon Short and Miles Bastick) Division J2; Stormy Petrel (Kevin O'Shea) Division K; and The Goat (Bruce Foye) Sydney 38 Division.
Over the last twelve months I have had the privilege to be Commodore of this great club and I look forward to continuing to lead the CYCA over the next year
For Kevin O'Shea's classic Sparkman & Stephens designed 36-footer Stormy Petrel, his 13th CYCA Winter Series was lucky as O'Shea won Division K overall from Star Ferry (John Conroy) and LuLu Belle (Peter Lewis).
Winter Series wraps up: there were plenty of winners and grinners as the CYCA's Winter Series finishes up for another year
It was the same year the property developer/marine business owner won the One-Ton World Cup with Stormy Petrel, before going on to captain Australia to victory in the fatal 1979 Admiral's Cup and other international triumphs, culminating in his being awarded an OBE and other accolades.
Ragamuffins: for a multitude, reasons, Syd Fischer, Tony 'Ace' Ellis and ragamuffin-loyal will command their shah attention for the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012. Di Pearson Rolex Sydney Hobart media director, reports
St Hilliers Quest is a Nelson/Marek 46 which won the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart and many other major regattas while Stormy Petrel, an S&S 36, won the 1971 world One Ton Cup.
Wife outsails husband in historic Australia Day Regatta win
For the 1971 One Ton Cup in Auckland, the then prestigious level rating rule, Newland persuaded Sydney yachtsman Syd Fischer to charter the Sparkman & Stephens-designed Stormy Petrel.
Eight bells: two past winners of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race sailed their final voyage in December ... Graham Newland and Alby Burgin
The highest placed 'veteran' entrant was the 1975 One Ton Cup champion Stormy Petrel, placing 31st overall.
And the winner is! A maxi yacht is almost certain to take line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008. But the winner of the Tattersall's Cup, the overall winner on corrected time, is likely to be one of the smaller boats in the fleet
Maria was one of three Australian yachts to contest the World One Ton Cup in New Zealand in 1970, won by the Sydney yacht Stormy Petrel, and in December the following year Des Cooper and his crew sailed Maria in the Sydney Hobart.
RCYT past Commodore Des Cooper dies in Hobart
Another highly successful S&S design for an Australian owner was Stormy Petrel, designed to the International One Ton rule and winner of the 1971 One Ton Cup in New Zealand.
Olin Stephens--100, not out! Offshore Yachting celebrates the life of the great American naval architect Olin Stephens, who turned 100 in April