kick the hornets nest

A phrase used to indicate you have or will aggravate or start a conflict with a said person in power or a group of sort (country, gang etc.)

1: "I've had enough of John and his stupid gang. Come on. Let's kick the hornets nest!"

2: "He has really kicked the hornets nest now!"

by Exhaustfire October 25, 2015

Hornets nest

Whether you do it for fun, or whether you're an awkward, clumsy moron who stumbles your way into and through everything in life, you don't keep fucking with a hornets nest the hornets worked hard to make.

The girl kept fucking with the hornets nest, and the most fucked up thing about it was she never knew why she was an instigator like she was.

by Solid Mantis December 31, 2019