English Explanatory Dictionary

sleeping giant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something with great, latent strength.

Pronunciation

En-au-sleeping giant.ogg

Word forms

sleeping giant sleeping giants

Etymology

A metaphor, maybe derived from Gulliver's Travels (1726), and made popular by the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, see quotations.

Related words

let sleeping dogs lie
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