raise Cain
to make a lot of trouble
TRANSLATION
raise Cain = viel Ärger machen --- GOOGLE INDEX raise Cain: approximately 100,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
When the Rendell administration, looking for savings and safety, began removing traffic lights and replacing them with all-way stop signs in 1992, many city residents RAISED CAIN.
(The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Every time he got money he got drunk. And every time he got drunk he RAISED CAIN. And every time he raised Cain, he got jailed.
(from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)
(The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Every time he got money he got drunk. And every time he got drunk he RAISED CAIN. And every time he raised Cain, he got jailed.
(from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)
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raise Cain
idiom
- to complain angrily about something and to cause a lot of trouble for the people who are responsible for it
(Cambridge Idioms Dictionary)
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What is one of the first things that Adam and Eve did after they were banished from the Garden Of Eden?
Answer: They really raised Cain.
We apologise for the awful riddle, but it makes a point about the origin of the expression "to raise Cain." Raise has two meanings here. To "raise" a child means to help it grow and develop into an adult. In the expression "raise Cain," raise refers to calling up the spirit of Cain who murdered his brother Abel after God accepted Abel’s offerings but not Cain’s.
Afterward, God asks Cain where his brother is. Cain then says, "I do not know. I am not my brother’s keeper." The phrase "I am not my brother’s keeper" is still used an idiom as a way of saying that you are not responsible for what someone else does or what happens to them.
According to the Bible, the reason why God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden in the first place is because they ate the forbidden fruit (presumed to be an apple), although the Bible does not mention fruit. Instead it is called the Tree of Knowledge. Regardless, this concept lives on in the idiom "forbidden fruit," which refers to something that is prohibited.
Apart from being one of the world’s most widely published books (depending on the source, either the Bible or the Quran is at the top of the list), the Bible is a rich source of English idioms.
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SYNONYMS
raise hell, raise hob, raise the devil, raise the dickens, cause trouble, throw a fit, stir things up, make a stink, make waves
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Our controller is raising Cain about the department's travel expenses."
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Thanks to Patricia for suggesting today's word!
idiom
- to complain angrily about something and to cause a lot of trouble for the people who are responsible for it
(Cambridge Idioms Dictionary)
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What is one of the first things that Adam and Eve did after they were banished from the Garden Of Eden?
Answer: They really raised Cain.
We apologise for the awful riddle, but it makes a point about the origin of the expression "to raise Cain." Raise has two meanings here. To "raise" a child means to help it grow and develop into an adult. In the expression "raise Cain," raise refers to calling up the spirit of Cain who murdered his brother Abel after God accepted Abel’s offerings but not Cain’s.
Afterward, God asks Cain where his brother is. Cain then says, "I do not know. I am not my brother’s keeper." The phrase "I am not my brother’s keeper" is still used an idiom as a way of saying that you are not responsible for what someone else does or what happens to them.
According to the Bible, the reason why God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden in the first place is because they ate the forbidden fruit (presumed to be an apple), although the Bible does not mention fruit. Instead it is called the Tree of Knowledge. Regardless, this concept lives on in the idiom "forbidden fruit," which refers to something that is prohibited.
Apart from being one of the world’s most widely published books (depending on the source, either the Bible or the Quran is at the top of the list), the Bible is a rich source of English idioms.
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SYNONYMS
raise hell, raise hob, raise the devil, raise the dickens, cause trouble, throw a fit, stir things up, make a stink, make waves
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Our controller is raising Cain about the department's travel expenses."
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Thanks to Patricia for suggesting today's word!
