1、bring a hornet's nest about one's ears = stir up [arouse] ahornet's nest
2、It you are really angry, you might say you are mad as a hornet. Andif you stir up a hornet's nest, you create trouble or problems.
3、In the grip of infatuation he felt bold enough to try again, although he knew it was wrong. Just as when, as a boy, he had taken a pole to poke a hornet's nest he was scared but his heart was pounding as if some imp of mischief was egging him on.
