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mare's nest

n. 1 A great discovery which turns out to be illusory; a hoax. 2 A confused or complicated situation; a muddle.

WordNet
mare's nest

n. a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, welter, smother]

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Mare's nest

Mare's nest may refer to

  • A hoax or illusion
  • All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest, a record by the Cardiacs
  • The Mare's Nest, a book by David Irving

Usage examples of "mare's nest".

Around its glow Arkady saw signs of an abandoned military battery: earthworks turned to a grassy knoll, gunplates now rings of rust, a mare's nest of barbed wire.