Traducciones de „powder keg“ en el diccionario inglés » ruso

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The party was sitting on a powder keg of internal disagreement which could go off at any moment.

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In other words, investors are sitting on a powder keg that can blow up any time.

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Described as a combustible powder keg of identity politics, the play depicts racial and ethnic prejudices that secretly persist in even the most progressive cultural circles.

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And they are a potential powder keg of a political bloc.

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The analogy of a spark in a powder keg brings in a temporal dimension of immediacy: the speech should be immediately dangerous to public interest.

thewire.in

Compound this with inadequate staffing and it's a powder keg, and a dangerous place for anybody, staff or resident a like.

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The rumour of this imposed pollution is the spark that ignites the powder keg of resentment in the country.

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A powder keg of racial violence waiting to explode?

www.dailyexaminer.com.au

Due to the demographic concerns, amid fears the country could be a powder keg, a census has not been carried out since 1932.

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It's high octane fuel, a powder keg that explodes in your face in almost every scene.

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