大祸临头 Egyptian punishment
a sword of Damocles
- 真是个可怜的姑娘,她就要大祸临头,自身难保了却一无所知。
Poor girl, she did not know how fast she was nearing trouble herself. - 它古怪地轻轻跳着;她的两手冰凉,一种大祸临头的感觉沉重地压迫着她。
It beat with odd little jerks ; her hands were cold, and a feeling of disaster oppressed her. - 我们本能地懂得,就像养蜂人和他的蜜蜂那样,要是我们不把生活中的重大的事件告诉那条河,就可能大祸临头。
We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.