Смысл: astir

astir[əʹstɜ:]
a predic
<Í> 1. находящийся в движении
2. взволнованный, возбуждённый
everybody was astir with the news - все были взволнованы известием
3. на ногах, вставший с постели
you're astir early this morning - вы сегодня рано поднялись

stir Идиома

stir up

cause some action to occur, rouse The man

stir up a hornet

make many people angry, do something that many people don

shit stirrer

someone who deliberately makes trouble for other people

stir up a hornet's nest

Idiom(s): stir up a hornet's nest

Theme: TROUBLE

to create trouble or difficulties. (Informal.)
• What a mess you have made of things. You've really stirred up a hornet's nest.
• Bill stirred up a hornet's nest when he discovered the theft.

stir sth up

Idiom(s): stir sth up

Theme: TROUBLE

to cause trouble; to foment disagreement and difficulty.
• They stirred up quite a commotion.
• Who stirred up this matter?

stir sb up

Idiom(s): stir sb up

Theme: EXCITEMENT

to make someone angry or excited; to make someone get active.
• I need a cup of hot coffee to stir me up in the morning.
• Reading the newspaper always stirs up my father.

go stir-crazy

Idiom(s): go stir-crazy

Theme: CRAZINESS

to become anxious because one is confined. (Slang. Stir is an old criminal word for "prison.")
• If I stay around this house much longer, I'm going to go stir-crazy.
• John left school. He said he was going stir-crazy.

cause a stir

Idiom(s): cause a stir AND cause a commotion

Theme: DISTURBANCE

to cause people to become agitated; to cause trouble in a group of people; to shock or alarm people. (Notice the example with quite.)
• When Bob appeared without his evening jacket, it caused a stir in the dining room.
• The dog ran through the church and caused quite a commotion.

Stir the blood

If something stirs your blood, it arouses feelings or passions,.

stir up|stir

v. 1. To bring (something) into being, often by great exertion or activity; cause. It was a quiet afternoon, and John tried to stir up some excitement. Bob stirred up a fight between Tom and Bill.
Compare: WHIP UP². 2. To cause (someone) to act; incite to action or movement; rouse. The coach's pep talk stirred up the team to win. When Mary heard what Betty said about her, she became stirred up.

stir up a hornet's nest|hornet|hornet's nest|nest|

v. phr. To make many people angry; do something that many people don't like. The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the rules at school.

stir

stir
In addition to the idioms beginning with stir, also see cause a commotion.
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- stir up
- stir up a hornets' nest

stir up a hornets' nest

stir up a hornets' nest
Make trouble, cause a commotion, as in Asking for an audit of the treasurer's books stirred up a hornets' nest in the association. This metaphoric term, likening hornets to angry humans, dates from the first half of the 1700s.