flutter the dovecote
verb/ˌflʌtə ðə ˈdʌvkɒt/UK/ˌflʌtɚ ðə ˈdʌvkɑt/US
Etymology
Possibly from Coriolanus (written c. 1608–1609; published 1623) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Act V, scene vi (spelling modernized): “[L]ike an eagle in a dovecote, I / Fluttered your Volcians in Corioles.”
Definitions
To create a disturbance, usually within a group of people who are generally placid and…
To create a disturbance, usually within a group of people who are generally placid and unexcited.
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