waiting to happen

短语

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Bound to happen; almost certain to occur in the future.

    非正式

    an accident waiting to happen, a divorce waiting to happen

词源

Modeled after accident waiting to happen and disaster waiting to happen; more generic uses outside of those phrases apparently started decades later, c. 1960s.

来源：wiktionary