Throwing (also Putting and Setting) the Cat among the Pigeons:
Disrupting public order and causing problems.
Pigeon ['pidʒən] – a bird.
Examples:
Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday. That should set the cat among the pigeons.
But Kernaghan reckons the new expanded director's cut version will really put the cat among the pigeons.
But if I hadn't put the cat among the pigeons, he would never have started.
But the act of forwarding the information, and its leak in the media, put the cat among the pigeons.
His sudden resignation as Municipal Affairs Minister and his pledge not to run in the next election has put the cat among the pigeons.
They could really have put the cat among the pigeons in the 65th minute.
Origin / Etymology:
In colonial India there was a custom of placing a cat in a cage or chicken coop with pigeons and organizing bets on how many birds would be knocked down by a swipe of its paw.
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