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Sword of Damocles   /sɔrd əv dˈæməklˌiz/   Listen
Sword of Damocles

noun
1.
A constant and imminent peril.





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"Sword of damocles" Quotes from Famous Books



... It hangs over my head like a sword of Damocles I have heard of—though I don't know why it was held ...
— Love's Pilgrimage • Upton Sinclair


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