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recipe for disaster

recipe for disaster noun: a plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.

Noun

recipe for disaster (plural recipes for disaster)

  1. (idiomatic) A plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.
    • You and Larry living together sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Forms of recipe for disaster

pluralrecipes for disaster

Questions about recipe for disaster

What does recipe for disaster mean?
Recipe for disaster means a plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.
What part of speech is recipe for disaster?
Recipe for disaster is a noun.
What is the plural of recipe for disaster?
The plural of recipe for disaster is recipes for disaster.

Words near recipe for disaster in the dictionary

  1. recipe books
  2. recipe box
  3. recipe boxes
  4. recipe dish
  5. recipe dishes
  6. recipe for disaster
  7. recipeless
  8. recipelike
  9. recipes
  10. recipes for disaster
  11. recipher

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