Eg: Your fax about staff redundancies put the cat among the pigeons.

你那份关于员工过剩的传真引起麻烦了。

If you tell them this shocking news, I believe that will put the cat among the pigeons.

如果你告诉他们这则可怕的新闻，我相信那将会闹得鸡飞狗跳。