put the cat among the pigeons
причинять неприятности, "пустить козла в огород"
"Don't send your secretary to talk to the angry students; it's like putting the cat among the pigeons."
Другие идиомы:
- put some teeth into (something)
- put one's head in the lion's mouth
- put (someone) through
- when the cat's away, the mice will play
- fight like cats and dogs
- put one's thinking cap on
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- put (someone's) nose out of joint
- play cat and mouse with (someone)
- put one's head on the block for (someone or something)
- put one's toe in the water
- put (something) down in black and white
- there is more than one way to skin a cat
- let the cat out of the bag
- curiosity killed the cat