sit on a volcano

sit on a volcano  {v.},  {informal}
1. To be in a place where trouble may start or danger may come suddenly.
Bob was in that part of South America before the revolution began. He knew he was sitting on a volcano.
The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano.
Categories: informal verb

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