noun

• A great deal of fuss or trouble.

  ‘she'll kick up bobsy-die later’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This bill will get through only with the support of the Greens, yet only a week or so ago the Greens kicked up bobsy-die because the Accident Compensation Corporation invests in breweries.’
  • ‘It has kicked up merry bobsy-die in the past by wanting to know, when there has been a split vote, who voted for and who voted against.’

  Synonyms

  disturbance, racket, uproar, tumult, ruckus, clamour, brouhaha, furore, hue and cry, palaver, fuss, stir, to-do, storm, maelstrom, melee