Made a great fuss and prepared to use the stick, we hear (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
raised cain
'made a great fuss and prepared' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'use the stick we hear' is the wordplay.
'use' becomes 'raised' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'the stick' becomes 'cane' (cane is a kind of stick).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'cane' sounds like 'cain'.
'raised'+'cain'='RAISED CAIN'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raised cain that I've seen before include "created trouble" , "caused a commotion" .)