powder barrel
Example Sentences
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He fell in love with the wife of one of Napoleon's leading officials, imagined that that old black magic was enchanting his inamorata, that "she looked at me as though I were a powder barrel."
From Time Magazine Archive
But ... the mere mention of the strategic question worked like a spark in a powder barrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Galusha, forgetting his powder barrel, beamed in sympathy.
From Galusha the Magnificent by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
And now here He deliberately, and of set purpose, takes a step which is like flinging a spark into a powder barrel.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander
"All the time he was in the Academy, I felt like I was sitting on a powder barrel."
From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
