the nightmare-case scenario

the nightmare/worst-case scenario

the worst thing that could possibly happen I suppose the worst-case scenario would be if both of us lost our jobs at the same time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marzell	-	German
Aleksy	ahl-EK-si	Polish
Niels (2)	NEELS	Dutch
Jaywant	-	Indian, Marathi
Dominica	-	English (Rare), Late Roman
Ulrik	OOL-rik	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian