kick up a stew

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause trouble; cause a dust-up; cause a hubbub.
    — But if you come to the United States to jest kick up a stew, / 'Tween Abner Jones an' his man Mike, an' neighbor Donahue, '[…]
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, stew.
    — The Verna swerved close, her stern kicking up a stew as she started to back up.

词源

From dialectal stew (“(cloud of) dust”).
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