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．