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a hornet's nest .An unpleasent situation Raising controversy A troublesome situation.Rate it:

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cause a stirTo cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.Rate it:

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controversiam (contentionem) habere cum aliquoto maintain a controversy with some one.Rate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteI 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:

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hold with the hare and run with the houndsTo remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.Rate it:

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in controversiam vocare, adducere aliquidto make a thing the subject of controversy.Rate it:

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sex, lies and videotapeThe controversy surrounding a political scandal.Rate it:

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