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powder keg

noun

  1. a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder.
  2. a potentially dangerous situation, especially one involving violent repercussions.


powder keg

noun

  1. a small barrel used to hold gunpowder
  2. informal.
    a potential source or scene of violence, disaster, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of powder keg1

First recorded in 1850鈥55
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The press and the then-burgeoning powder keg of social media ran with it.

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He says it's like living on a powder keg 鈥 you never know when or where the next shell will land.

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The Jehanabad prison was a powder keg, housing Maoists alongside their class enemies - vigilantes from upper caste Hindu private armies.

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And for a potentially powder keg Cannes there鈥檚 also the firebomb of 鈥淔uriosa: A Mad Max Saga.鈥

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鈥淓veryone knew that Mark Fuhrman was a potential powder keg,鈥 Douglas said.

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