sleeping giant
sleeping giant · sleeping giants
Someone or something with great, latent strengthSomeone or something with great, latent strength.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Someone or something with great, latent strength.
Origin
A metaphor, maybe derived from Gulliver's Travels (1726), and made popular by the 1970 filA metaphor, maybe derived from Gulliver's Travels (1726), and made popular by the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, see quotations.
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Forms
plural: sleeping giants| Singular | sleeping giant |
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See also
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