throw an ant into a sty
To cause confusion.
ADJ.
dead, most, red, underground
The red ants built an enormous nest beneath our garden shed last summer.
VERB + ANT
bitten, caught, like, pick, poked, tend, trample, work
The child poked an ant with a stick and watched it scurry away quickly.
ANT + NOUN
colonies, forceps, hall, hill, queen, sunbathe
The ant queen laid thousands of eggs in the heart of the colony.
PREP.
about, from, in, on, up, with
The children watched the ants marching up the garden path toward their nest.