| 单词 | sitting on a powder keg |
| 释义 | sitting on a powder kegSEE SYNONYMS FOR sitting on a powder keg ON THESAURUS.COM In imminent danger, in an explosive situation, as in Our office is sitting on a powder keg while management decides whether or not to close us down. This metaphoric term alludes to sitting on a keg of gunpowder that could go off at any moment. [First half of 1900s] Words nearby sitting on a powder kegsit through, sit tight, sitting, Sitting Bull, sitting duck, sitting on a powder keg, sitting pretty, sitting room, sitting target, sitting tenant, sitting trot The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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