Music which receives honour about to upset colleagues? (4,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
rock the boat
'upset colleagues?' is the definition.
'rock the boat' can be an answer for 'upset' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'colleagues?' bit.
'music which receives honour about' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'music' could be 'rock' (rock music) and 'rock' is found within the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rock the boat that I've seen before include "Waves may" , "High wind may" , "go against conventions" , "Upset status quo" , "one way to get to bathe" .)