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hurrah's nest

idiom
Meaning

pandemonium (state of chaos and confusion).


Examples
SIMPLE

My desk is a total hurrah's nest today.

CONTEXTUAL

After the children finished playing, the living room was a complete hurrah's nest.

COMPLEX

The sudden arrival of the unexpected guests turned the quiet house into a chaotic hurrah's nest of noise and confusion.

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    feather one's nest

    To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of personal wealth; especially, to do so to a degree that involves venality.

  2. 02

    leave the nest

    To leave home; to stop living with one's parents.

  3. 03

    love nest

    A residence, especially a condominium or cabin, where a couple (particularly a newly cohabiting or married couple) can enjoy each other's company.

  4. 04

    rat's nest

    Something that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly (either physically or metaphorically).

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