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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of powder keg1

First recorded in 1850–55
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He says it's like living on a powder keg – you never know when or where the next shell will land.

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