an impending disaster
[from the legend of the sword suspended by a single hair over the head of Damocles, a courtier of ancient Syracuse, as a reminder of the insecurity of a tyrant's happiness]
| 单词 | sword of Damocles |
| 释义 | sword of Damocles |
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