English Explanatory Dictionary

disaster waiting to happen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something potentially very dangerous or likely to fail.

Word forms

disaster waiting to happen disasters waiting to happen

Etymology

Attested 1940s, apparently modeled after accident waiting to happen.

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