the cat among the pigeons

the cat among the pigeons
"кот на голубятне", источник переполоха; ≈ волк в овчарне, лиса в курятнике; см. тж. put a cat among the canaries

It looks as though there is someone in the school who merits our very close attention. Cat among the pigeons, in fact. (A. Christie, ‘Cat Among The Pigeons’, ch. 11) — Похоже, что в школе имеется человек, заслуживающий нашего самого пристального внимания. Можно сказать, это лиса в курятнике.


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

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  • the cat among the pigeons — To stir up a great deal of trouble ● cat …   Useful english dictionary

  • cat among the pigeons — If something or someone puts, or sets or lets, the cat among the pigeons, they create a disturbance and cause trouble …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Cat Among the Pigeons — infobox Book | name = Cat Among the Pigeons title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie illustrator = cover artist = Not known country = United Kingdom language = English… …   Wikipedia

  • Cat among the Pigeons (Cat Royal) — infobox Book | name = Cat Among The Pigeons image caption = author = Julia Golding illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Cat Royal genre = Children s novel publisher = Egmont pub date = 2006 media type …   Wikipedia

  • Cat Among the Pigeons — Filmdaten Originaltitel Cat Among The Pigeons Produktionsland GB …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cat Among the Pigeons — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cat Among the Pigeons est le titre anglais des œuvres suivantes : Le Chat et les pigeons, roman d Agatha Christie, publié en 1959 ; Le Chat et… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cat among the pigeons —    If something or someone puts, or sets or lets, the cat among the pigeons, they create a disturbance and cause trouble.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Cat among the pigeons —   If something or someone puts, or sets or lets, the cat among the pigeons, they create a disturbance and cause trouble …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • put the cat among the pigeons — put/set/the cat among the pigeons phrase to cause trouble by doing or saying something Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: cat * * * put/set the cat among the ˈpigeons idiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • set the cat among the pigeons — put/set/the cat among the pigeons phrase to cause trouble by doing or saying something Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: cat * * * put/set the cat among the ˈpigeons idiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • put the cat among the pigeons — put/set the cat among the pigeons British & Australian to do or say something that causes trouble and makes a lot of people angry or worried. Tell them all they ve got to work on Saturday. That should set the cat among the pigeons …   New idioms dictionary


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