Meaning of stir up the animals | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause public discontent or controversy.

Examples

“He styled himself both a Prohibition-flouting "Baltimoron" and "an incurable snob," the voice of "the intelligent minority" determined "to stir up the animals."”

“The Japanese were often skittish about elections: they wanted to control who they got as top administrators and feared elections might stir up the animals.”

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