cause a stir »
To cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.
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devil is in the details »
The specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.
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flutter in the dovecote »
I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.
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hold with the hare and run with the hounds »
To remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.
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keep oneself to oneself »
To be introverted; to stay away from others.
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rabble rouser »
Someone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative.
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run something up the flagpole »
To float an idea that one suspects might be controversial.
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