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powder keg

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powder keg
a metal bucket or barrel filled with gunpowder
powder keg (figurative)
a person, place, or situation that is extremely dangerous and could explode or erupt into conflict at any moment

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Movie subtitles
0.180 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.250 per million

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