Sword of Damocles definitions

Sword of Damocles

(from the article `Damocles`) a courtier of Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, in Sicily, tyrant from 405 to 367 . The courtier is known to history through the legend of the `Sword ...
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sword of Damocles

[n] - a constant and immanent peril
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sword of Damocles

noun a constant and immanent peril; `the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles`
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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