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sword of Damocles

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sword of Damocles
n.
Constant threat; imminent peril: "the Latin American debt, overhanging American banks like the sword of Damocles" Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
[After Damocles.]
Sword of Damocles [dam-a-kleez]
Noun
a disaster that is about to take place [after a flattering courtier forced by Dionysius, tyrant of ancient Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair]
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Noun1.sword of Damocles - a constant and imminent peril; "the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles"
endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"


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