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Sword of Damocles
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Dam·o·cles
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—Idiom
| 1. | a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness. |
| 2. | sword of Damocles, any situation threatening imminent harm or disaster. |
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| sword of Damocles
n. Constant threat; imminent peril: "the Latin American debt, overhanging American banks like the sword of Damocles" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) [After Damocles.] |
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