powder keg

1. A barrel containing gunpowder.

   Pulverfass

   порохова́я бо́чкаporoxovája bóčka

   бочка для порохуbočka dlja poroxu

2. (figuratively)An explosive or otherwise volatile situation.

   powder keg of Europe (term describing the unstable state of the Balkans before World War I)

   Pulverfass

   порохова́я бо́чкаporoxovája bóčka

   порохова́ бо́чкаporoxová bóčka

   a potentially explosive state

1. We are sitting on a powder keg waiting to explode.

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2. The Middle East is still called a powder keg.

   ruБлижний Восток всё ещё называют пороховой бочкой. — Balamax

   deDer Nahe Osten gilt noch immer als Pulverfass. — al_ex_an_der

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3. The Near East is still called a powder keg.

   ruБлижний Восток по-прежнему называют пороховой бочкой. — marafon

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4. The Middle East is still considered a powder keg.

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5. Is Algeria really a huge powder keg ready to blow?

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