| 单词 | sword of damocles |
| 释义 | sword of Damoclesnounany situation threatening imminent harm or disaster. See also Damocles (def. 1). Origin of sword of DamoclesFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby sword of Damoclesswordfish, sword grass, sword knot, sword lily, swordman, sword of Damocles, swordplay, swordsman, swordstick, sword-swallower, swordswoman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sword of DamoclesSword of Damocles nouna closely impending disaster Word Origin for Sword of Damoclessee Damocles Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with sword of Damoclessword of Damocles Also, Damocles' sword. Impending disaster, as in The likelihood of lay-offs has been a sword of Damocles over the department for months. This expression alludes to the legend of Damocles, a servile courtier to King Dionysius I of Syracuse. The king, weary of Damocles' obsequious flattery, invited him to a banquet and seated him under a sword hung by a single hair, so as to point out to him the precariousness of his position. The idiom was first recorded in 1747. The same story gave rise to the expression hang by a thread. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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