set or put the cat among the pigeons
set or put the cat among the pigeons
Meaning: do or say something that causes trouble and make a lot of people angry or worried.
Example: The information of deducting 15% of salary packages of all the employees of York Electronics company set the cat among the pigeons and many employees started resigning immediately and joining the competitor company.
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The way Indian bowlers bowled and spoiled the beauty of the match against Sri Lanka set a cat among the Pigeons.
Stil I don’t understand the meaning of this idiom.
I would like to add 2 examples.
1. The manager set the cat among the pigeons when he told the employees that they would have to work over the weekend.
2. You might set the cat among the pigeons if you tell the children that you destroyed their toys.
john’s bad behavior in class set the cat among the pigeons
I would like to add an example.
The minister’s remarks about godmen set the cat among the pigeons.
Thank you very much Santosh, for your contribution.