#088, There was a great flutter in our dovecote owing to my letters
According to http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dovecote the phrase : "flutter in the dovecote" means:-- "... Flutter the dovecotes, to cause a stir in a quiet or conservative institution or group: (Usage:- )The flamboyant manner of the tourists fluttered the dovecotes of the sleepy New England town ..." Swami Vivekananda used this phrase in his letter dated June 14, 1902 (just 20 days before his passing away), to Ms. Christina Greenstidel. She was at Mayawati with Mrs. Sevier at that time. He wrote from Belur Math: "... I have a beautiful letter from Mrs. Sevier, and [am] so happy to learn that she loves you more and more. But plumpness is the criterion, mon amie [my friend], for a' [all] that. ..." So there was a great flutter in our dovecote owing to my letters, but things must have assumed their old form by this time. ..." BLOGGER'S VIEWS 1) From the dictionary meaning "to cause a stir in a quiet or conservative institution or ...