- raise a fuss
- make trouble, make a disturbance
The woman at the restaurant raised a fuss when her meal arrived late.
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raise a fuss
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raise Cain — To make a determined or angry fuss • • • Main Entry: ↑Cain raise Cain or raise the roof (informal) 1. To make a lot of noise 2. To be extremely angry • • • Main Entry: ↑raise * * * … Useful english dictionary
raise\ heck — • raise the devil • raise heck • raise hob • raise Ned v. phr. informal To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed the other driver. Some teenage boys raised the devil in town on… … Словарь американских идиом
raise\ hob — • raise the devil • raise heck • raise hob • raise Ned v. phr. informal To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed the other driver. Some teenage boys raised the devil in town on… … Словарь американских идиом
raise\ Ned — • raise the devil • raise heck • raise hob • raise Ned v. phr. informal To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed the other driver. Some teenage boys raised the devil in town on… … Словарь американских идиом
raise\ the\ devil — • raise the devil • raise heck • raise hob • raise Ned v. phr. informal To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed the other driver. Some teenage boys raised the devil in town on… … Словарь американских идиом
raise Cain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be noisy; cause trouble. * /When John couldn t go on the basketball trip with the team he raised Cain./ * /The children raised Cain in the living room./ Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE THE DEVIL … Dictionary of American idioms
raise Cain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be noisy; cause trouble. * /When John couldn t go on the basketball trip with the team he raised Cain./ * /The children raised Cain in the living room./ Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE THE DEVIL … Dictionary of American idioms
raise cain — (USA) If someone raises Cain, they make a big fuss publicly, causing a disturbance … The small dictionary of idiomes
fuss — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awful (esp. BrE), big, great, huge, terrible (esp. BrE) VERB + FUSS ▪ cause, create, kick up … Collocations dictionary
fuss — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, ado, agitate, agitation, air a grievance, altercation, argument, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, beef, befuddle, bellyache, bewilder, bicker, bickering, bitch, bleat, blood feud, blow off, bluff,… … Moby Thesaurus
