also tinder box
(~es)
If you say that a situation is a ~, you mean that it is very tense and something dangerous or unpleasant is likely to happen very soon.
N-COUNT: usu sing
also tinder box
(~es)
If you say that a situation is a ~, you mean that it is very tense and something dangerous or unpleasant is likely to happen very soon.
N-COUNT: usu sing
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012