Significado
powder keg
- a magazine for gunpowder or explosives
- a dangerous, unstable situation or region likely to erupt into violence
En una frase
La regione di confine è ormai diventata una vera e propria polveriera.
The border region has now become a veritable powder keg.
Basterebbe un piccolo incidente per far esplodere questa polveriera politica.
A minor incident would suffice to set off this political powder keg.
La vecchia polveriera militare fu smantellata molti anni fa.
The old military powder magazine was dismantled many years ago.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| polveriera | feminine · singular |
| polveriere | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- Most often used figuratively to describe volatile geopolitical or social conflicts.