- flutter the dovecots
- flutter the dovecotsTo disturb commonplace, conventional people, as the eagle would a dovecot (see Shakespeare, Coriolanus V.6.115)• • •Main Entry: ↑dove
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
flutter the dovecots
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flutter the dovecotes — (UK) Something that flutters the dovecots causes alarm or excitement … The small dictionary of idiomes
flutter — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. flap the wings in flying or trying to fly (butterflies fluttered in the sunshine). b tr. flap (the wings). 2 intr. fall with a quivering motion (leaves fluttered to the ground). 3 intr. & tr. move or cause to move irregularly … Useful english dictionary
