pitfall
Roget category 667
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#667.
[Source of danger.]
Pitfall
noun
rocks,
reefs,
coral reef,
sunken rocks,
snags —
sands,
quicksands —
syrt†,
syrtis† —
Goodwin sands,
sandy foundation —
slippery ground —
breakers,
shoals,
shallows,
bank,
shelf,
flat,
lee shore,
ironbound coast —
rock ahead,
breakers ahead.
precipice —
maelstrom,
volcano —
ambush
etc.
530 —
pitfall,
trapdoor —
trap
etc.
(snare)
545.
sword of Damocles —
wolf at the door,
snake in the grass,
death in the pot —
latency
etc.
526.
ugly customer,
dangerous person,
le chat qui dort [Fr.] —
firebrand,
hornet's nest.
phrase
latet anquis in herba [Lat.]
[Vergil];
proximus ardet Ucalegon [Lat.]
[Vergil].
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