Shadow Stalkers: Thymion Pt. 18
It would not do to kick the hornet's nest, especially when said hornets were protected by a much bigger, much nastier species that could eat her people alive in a day or less without even going anywhere near them.
I am a Soldier
They needed to withdraw soon and hunker down somewhere for protection, or else get caught in the hornet's nest. "i've got somethin' new on my scopes," goose called out suddenly, the edge in his voice putting dirk on high alert.
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Thirteen
They may be small, but if you get them angry they are like a swarm of hornets." porter imagined what that would be like. a wave of colors washing towards him, so huge that he couldn't have outrun it if he tried.
The Promotion
But as if the situation could not get any worse, more magic: blazing missiles erupted from the confines of her cloak, soaring to the sky like angry hornets before erupting with sound-shattering cracks.
Trailblazer Part 12
Mig-29's and 21's fly with f-22's, eagle-15's, falcon 16's, hornet 18's race in the martian atmosphere and deliver bomb strikes and strafing runs on the ground below as the few a-10's make short work of enemy defenses and fortifications.
Oggstrosse Part 2 - act 1
Motioned to the living room- i think you'd be more comfortable out there on a couch, than sitting in a small plastic bench, -preparing her tea as she asked he held it out to her- i hope i didn't hurt you that much when you fought...but you were mad as a hornet
Shadow Stalkers: Hellcat
And he was genuine, too, about his sorrow, which stung worse than a thousand fire hornets. sergeant montgomery was never sorry. and he was always angry about something. toya looked at her frantic readouts.
10 - ATOI&F - And Then There Was Silence...
The hallway was nearly impassable, as the floor was thick with rubber pellets and discharged hornet's nest grenades, expended shells, and fallen soldiers.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book IV Chapter 9
He didn't have the courage to go inside, somehow he just knew he would stir the hornet's nest if he would show up there. it just wasn't worth the risk, his brother wherever he was, is most likely safe, it was warfang after all.
Crocs of the Leather Stick Together 15 - Krooked Keep
The hornets could care less, but the kremlings actively tried to either cleave him in two, or shove him backwards into the rising floor of doom.
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 20 - Dark Offers
"you just walked right into the hornets nest and dared us to sting you. a clever way of measuring our strength." "they have my wife, i'm more valuable to them alive." "he knows that just by being here, he's forcing our hand.
Age of Heroes Ch13 The Obstacle Course
The boy truly kicked the hornet's nest. kinus would have hurt himself if he had tried any harder to facepalm at that very moment.