单词 | an accident waiting to happen |
释义 | an accident waiting to happen phrase [NOUN inflects, verb-link PHRASE] B2 See full dictionary entry for accident If you describe something or someone as an accident waiting to happen, you mean that they are likely to be a cause of danger in the future, for example because they are in poor condition or behave in an unpredictable way. A lot of the city's buildings are accidents waiting to happen. |
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