make a stir

make a stir
разг.
наделать шуму, произвести сенсацию

‘Has it ever occurred to you, Beach, that that book of his is going to make no small stir when it comes out?’ ‘Frequently, sir.’ (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Summer Lightning’, ch. 1) — - Приходило ли вам в голову, Бич, что, когда будет опубликована книга мистера Галахада, она наделает немало шуму? - Приходило, сэр, и часто.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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Смотреть что такое "make a stir" в других словарях:

  • make a stir — See: MAKE A SCENE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a stir — See: MAKE A SCENE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make\ a\ stir — See: make a scene …   Словарь американских идиом

  • stir — I n. disturbance 1) to cause, create, make a stir 2) a big stir 3) a stir about, over II v. 1) (D; tr.) to stir into (to stir one ingredient into another) 2) (D; tr.) to stir to (the news stirred them to greater efforts) 3) (H; usu. refl.) they… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • make — v 1. fabricate, manufacture, produce, mint; construct, build, assemble, set up; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, contrive, compose, write, put together; cast, block …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • stir — [n] commotion, excitement activity, ado, agitation, backwash*, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap*, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl,… …   New thesaurus

  • stir up a hornet's 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stir up a hornet's 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • stir yourself — phrase to make yourself move or do something He knew he should really stir himself and get to work. Thesaurus: to go somewhere, or to move in a particular directionsynonym Main entry: stir …   Useful english dictionary

  • Make Mine a Million — Directed by Lance Comfort Written by Arthur Askey Peter Blackmore Starring Arthur Askey Bernard Cribbins Sid James …   Wikipedia

  • stir somebody up — ˌstir sbˈup derived to encourage sb to do sth; to make sb feel they must do sth Main entry: ↑stirderived …   Useful english dictionary


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