Phrases related to: Controversy

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a hornet's nest .	An unpleasent situation Raising controversy A troublesome situation.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
flutter in the dovecote	I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
cause a stir	To cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
controversiam (contentionem) habere cum aliquo	to maintain a controversy with some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold with the hare and run with the hounds	To remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in controversiam vocare, adducere aliquid	to make a thing the subject of controversy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sex, lies and videotape	The controversy surrounding a political scandal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)