sit on a volcano

sit on a volcano
{v.}, {informal} 1. To be in a place where trouble may start or danger may come suddenly. * /Bob was in that part of South America before the revolution began. He knew he was sitting on a volcano./ * /The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • sit on a volcano — {v.}, {informal} 1. To be in a place where trouble may start or danger may come suddenly. * /Bob was in that part of South America before the revolution began. He knew he was sitting on a volcano./ * /The policemen who patrolled the big city slum …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sit\ on\ a\ volcano — v informal 1. To be in a place where trouble may start or danger may come suddenly. Bob was in that part of South America before the revolution began. He knew he was sitting on a volcano. The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that… …   Словарь американских идиом

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