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a disaster waiting to happen
idiom
a dangerous situation in which something very bad is very likely to happen:
Putting him in charge is a terrible idea. It's just a disaster waiting to happen.
If you invest all your money in one place, that is a disaster waiting to happen.
Fire inspectors identified the building as a disaster waiting to happen.
There is growing concern that the rising level of debt is a disaster waiting to happen.
The media predicted that this was a disaster waiting to happen.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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accidental
accidentally
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cataclysmic
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catastrophe
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disastrously
doomsday scenario
dumpster fire
emergency
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perfect storm
post-accident
snafu
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