捅马蜂窝

捅馬蜂窩

tǒng mǎfēngwō

phrase

Meanings

HSK 5

你去批评他的项目，等于捅马蜂窝。

Nǐ qù pīpíng tā de xiàngmù, děngyú tǒng mǎfēngwō.

Criticizing his project would be stirring up a hornets' nest.

HSK 5

在会上提这件事，简直是捅马蜂窝。

Zài huì shàng tí zhè jiàn shì, jiǎnzhí shì tǒng mǎfēngwō.

Bringing this up at the meeting would be stirring up a hornets' nest.

usage

Often split by 了: 捅了马蜂窝 "really stirred things up". A milder relative is 捅娄子 "to make a mess of things".

捅 tǒng

马 mǎ

蜂 fēng

窝 wō