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sword of Damocles
–noun
Damocles (def. 2).
[Origin: 1810–20]
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Dam·o·cles    Audio Help   [dam-uh-kleez] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.
—Idiom
2.sword of Damocles, any situation threatening imminent harm or disaster.
—Related forms
Dam·o·cle·an    Audio Help   [dam-uh-klee-uhn] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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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.)


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