an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
隐患、早晚会出事
- A lot of the city’s buildings are accidents waiting to happen.
该城市中许多楼房都存在事故隐患。 - The former chairman said the current turmoil in financial markets was “an accident waiting to happen”.
这位美联储前主席称，当前的金融市场动荡是“一件早晚要发生的事”。 - But carriers flying into the airport warn that the state of the airport makes it an accident waiting to happen.
但是，在这个机场有业务的运输公司警告说机场目前处于随时会发生事故的状态。 - In retrospect, however, the business was an accident waiting to happen.
然而，回过头看，这家公司早晚会出问题。
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