A situation, condition, or arrangement that is highly likely to cause a physical accident unless changed or rectified.
2.
Global Englishinformal
A circumstance or plan likely to result in serious trouble, failure, or harm in a non-physical sense, such as reputational damage or organizational collapse.
3.
Global Englishinformal
A colloquial warning that current trends or behaviors are leading toward an imminent negative outcome.
4.
Global Englishinformal
An environment or practice characterized by negligence, defect, or risk that makes an accident almost inevitable.
Examples:
EN: You're truly an accident waiting to happen.
ES: hay un accidente esperando a pasar.
EN: Because if you were to hold it the other way, it's an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Porque si usted se mantenga la otra manera, es un accidente esperando a suceder.
EN: Right now there's an accident waiting to happen.
ES: En este momento, están esperando que ocurra un accidente.
EN: - Mm-hmm. It's an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Acabará atragantándose.
EN: It was an accident waiting to happen, OK?
ES: El accidente estaba esperando que pasara, OK?
EN: He's a bad accident waiting to happen.
ES: No puedo entender lo que pretendes con él.
EN: He was an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Este accidente estaba esperando su turno.
EN: Because she was an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Porque era un accidente en potencia.
EN: An accident waiting to happen.
ES: Qué riesgo.
EN: With the defective equipment that exists, every time there's a gas execution... it's an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Cada vez que hay una ejecución con gas, puede ocurrir un accidente.
EN: That girl is just an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Esa chica es muy propensa a los accidentes.
EN: Jackie getting red-carded isn't a disappointment, just an accident waiting to happen.
ES: La tarjeta roja de Jackie no es una de cepción, sólo algo que e v entualmente iba a pasar.
EN: It was an accident waiting to happen!
ES: Era de esperar.
EN: That guy is just an accident waiting to happen.
ES: Ese tipo es solo un accidente esperando a suceder.
EN: If you ask me, that whole program is an accident waiting to happen.