(~s)
If you describe a situation or event as a ~, you mean that it is the worst possible thing that could happen.
Discovering your child takes drugs is a ~ for most parents.
N-COUNT: usu sing
(~s)
If you describe a situation or event as a ~, you mean that it is the worst possible thing that could happen.
Discovering your child takes drugs is a ~ for most parents.
N-COUNT: usu sing
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012