idiomIf you have aswordofDamocleshangingover you/yourhead, somethingbadseemsverylikelytohappento you:达摩克利斯剑(比喻随时可能发生的祸事)Thethreatof acutinfundingishangingover the OperaHouselike aswordofDamocles.政府威胁说要削减预算,这就好像是一把悬在歌剧院上方的达摩克利斯剑。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFate and destiny
align
break
Damocles
destined
destiny
fatalism
fate
fated
ill-fated
ill-starred
in the lap of the godsidiom
lap
lightning
luckless
predestination
predestined
preordain
providence
sword
written in the starsidiom
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