powder keg

A situation that could quickly become very volatile and dangerous. It became obvious we were sitting on a powder keg as the protests in the city became more frequent.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zilla	-	German
Sylwia	SIL-vyah	Polish
Babette	ba-BET	French
Ionathan	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Judikael	-	Breton
Donnie	['dɔni]