英语词组put (or set) the cat among the pigeons是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

put (or set) the cat among the pigeons say or do something that is likely to cause trouble or controversy. British

☞ This expression was first recorded in John Stevens's New Spanish and English Dictionary (1706), where it is explained as referring to a man coming into the company of a group of women. The idiom flutter the dovecotes (seeflutter) is based on the same idea of a group of pigeons as a tranquil or harmless community.

2000Adrian HastingsOxford Companion to Christian Thought John put the cat among the pigeons by establishing in 1960 a new Roman Secretariat of Christian Unity.

词组	put (or set) the cat among the pigeons
释义	put (or set) the cat among the pigeons say or do something that is likely to cause trouble or controversy. British ☞ This expression was first recorded in John Stevens's New Spanish and English Dictionary (1706), where it is explained as referring to a man coming into the company of a group of women. The idiom flutter the dovecotes (seeflutter) is based on the same idea of a group of pigeons as a tranquil or harmless community. 2000Adrian HastingsOxford Companion to Christian Thought John put the cat among the pigeons by establishing in 1960 a new Roman Secretariat of Christian Unity.
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