Discovering your child takes drugs is a nightmare scenario for most parents.
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(the) nightmare scenario — the nightmare/worst case scenario the worst thing that could possibly happen. I suppose the worst case scenario would be if both of us lost our jobs at the same time … New idioms dictionary
nightmare */*/ — UK [ˈnaɪtˌmeə(r)] / US [ˈnaɪtˌmer] noun [countable] Word forms nightmare : singular nightmare plural nightmares 1) an extremely difficult or frightening situation The journey to work was a nightmare. nightmare of: The company now faces the… … English dictionary
nightmare — night|mare [ naıt,mer ] noun count ** 1. ) a very frightening and unpleasant dream: nightmare about: I still have terrible nightmares about the crash. 2. ) an extremely difficult or frightening situation: the trip to work was a nightmare absolute … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nightmare — noun 1 bad dream ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, horrible, terrible, terrifying ▪ vivid ▪ recurring VERB + NIGHTMARE … Collocations dictionary
nightmare — night|mare [ˈnaıtmeə US mer] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: night + mare evil spirit (11 18 centuries) (from Old English)] 1.) a very frightening dream nightmare about ▪ Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it. ▪ a recurring… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scenario — noun plural scenarios (C) 1 a situation that could possibly happen but has not happened yet: Try to imagine a scenario where only 20% of people have a job. | worst case/nightmare scenario (=the worst possible situation): the nightmare scenario of … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
nightmare — noun (C) 1 a very frightening dream: Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it. 2 a very unpleasant or frightening experience: He kept trying to hold my hand all the time it was a real nightmare! | nightmare journey/situation etc… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scenario — sce|na|ri|o [sıˈna:riəu US ˈnæriou, ˈne ] n plural scenarios [Date: 1800 1900; : Italian; Origin: Latin scaenarium, from scaena; SCENE] 1.) a situation that could possibly happen ▪ Imagine a scenario where only 20% of people have a job.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scenario — [[t]sɪnɑ͟ːrioʊ, AM ne̱r [/t]] scenarios 1) N COUNT If you talk about a likely or possible scenario, you are talking about the way in which a situation may develop. ...the nightmare scenario of a divided and irrelevant Royal Family... In the worst … English dictionary
Nightmare City 2035 — Données clés Titre original Nightmare City 2035 Réalisation Terence H. Winkless Scénario Terence H. Winkless et Raly Radouloff Acteurs principaux Maxwell Caulfield, Alexis Thorpe et Todd Jensen Pays d’origine … Wikipédia en Français
