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Accident Waiting Happen Term Refers Potentially Disastrous Situation

Phrase/Idiom accident waiting to happen
Definition The term refers to a potentially disastrous situation, often caused by negligence or insufficient precaution.
Example According to those who lived in this hood, the explosion in the warehouse where the has cylinders were stocked was an accident waiting to happen.

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