recipe for disaster

recipe for disaster
   A recipe for disaster is a mixture of people and events that could only possibly result in trouble.
  (Dorking School Dictionary)
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   If you refer to a plan or idea as a recipe for disaster, you think it is likely to produce bad results.
   

Our two families together for Christmas? Sounds like a recipe for disaster!


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