出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第176页(219字)
到处隐藏着危险,例这件事情发展到这般地步,虽还不至于一触即发,却可说是危机四伏。
The situation has gone so far that though a spark may not set it off,yet there is no denying that it is in the grip of a crisis.