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1 sit on a keg of gun-powder
сидеть на пороховой бочке; ≈ жить как на вулкане; см. тж. sit on a barrel of gun-powder и sit on a powderkegIn this Latin American country the occupation troops are sitting on a keg of gun-powder. All that is needed is a spark. — В этой латиноамериканской стране оккупационные войска сидят на пороховой бочке. Достаточно одной искры - и все взлетит на воздух.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > sit on a keg of gun-powder
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2 sit on a barrel of gun-powder
сидеть на пороховой бочке; ≈ жить как на вулкане; см. тж. sit on a keg of gun-powderEvery Latin American dictator is sitting on a barrel of gun-powder these days. — В наше время быть диктатором в Латинской Америке так же опасно, как сидеть на бочке с порохом.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > sit on a barrel of gun-powder
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3 keg
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4 sit on a powderkeg
сидеть на пороховой бочке; см. тж. sit on a keg of gun-powderJames Sharp, 47, a Negro attorney... testified that sheriff C. E. Hester warned him he was "sitting on a powderkeg" and threatened "to take him for a ride" if he didn't stop trying to register. (‘The Worker’) — Юрист Джеймс Шарп, негр сорока семи лет... в своих показаниях заявил, что шериф К. Е. Хестер предупредил его о том, что он, Джеймс Шарп, "сидит на пороховой бочке", и пригрозил убить его, если он попытается зарегистрироваться в качестве кандидата на предварительных выборах.
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