See disaster waiting to happen on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Attested 1940s, apparently modeled after accident waiting to happen.",
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"glosses": [
"Something potentially very dangerous or likely to fail."
],
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"fail",
"fail"
]
]
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"word": "disaster waiting to happen"
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"glosses": [
"Something potentially very dangerous or likely to fail."
],
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