ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof.
defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable; unassailable, unattackable,
impenetrable; impregnable, imperdible † ; inexpugnable; Achillean † .
safe and sound &c (preserved) 670; scathless &c (perfect) 650; unhazarded † ; not
dangerous &c 665.
unthreatening, harmless; friendly (cooperative) 709.
protecting, protective &c v.; guardian, tutelary; preservative &c 670; trustworthy &c
939.
Adv. ex abundanti cautela [Lat.]; with impunity.
Phr. all's well; salva res est [Lat.]; suave mari magno [Lat.]; a couvert [Fr.]; e terra
alterius spectare laborem [Lat.] [Lucretius]; Dieu vous garde [Fr.].
665. Danger -- N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture,
precariousness, slipperiness; instability &c 149; defenselessness &c adj., exposure &c
(liability) 177; vulnerability; vulnerable point, heel of Achilles † ; forlorn hope &c
(hopelessness) 859.
[Dangerous course] leap in the dark &c (rashness) 863; road to ruin, faciles
descensus Averni [Lat.] [Vergil], hairbreadth escape.
cause for alarm; source of danger &c 667.
rock ahead [Approach of danger], breakers ahead; storm brewing; clouds in the
horizon, clouds gathering; warning &c 668; alarm &c 669.
[Sense of danger] apprehension &c 860.
V. be in danger &c adj.; be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter
danger &c n.; run a risk; lay oneself open to &c (liability) 177; lean on a broken reed,
trust to a broken reed; feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it; have the
chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds; be in deep trouble, be
between a rock and a hard place.
hang by a thread, totter; sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano; sit on a barrel of
gunpowder, live in a glass house.
bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy &c
n.; endanger, expose to danger, imperil; jeopard † , jeopardize; compromise; sail too near
the wind &c (rash) 863.
adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard; run the gauntlet &c (dare) 861;
engage in a forlorn hope.
threaten danger &c 909; run one hard; lay a trap for &c (deceive) 545.
Adj. in danger &c n.; endangered &c v.; fraught with danger; dangerous, hazardous,
perilous, parlous, periculous † ; unsafe, unprotected &c (safe, protect) &c 664; insecure.
untrustworthy; built upon.sand, on a sandy basis; wildcat.
defenseless, fenceless, guardless † , harborless; unshielded; vulnerable, expugnable † ,
exposed; open to &c (liable) 177.
aux abois [Fr.], at bay; on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks.
at stake, in question; precarious, critical, ticklish; slippery, slippy; hanging by a thread
&c v.; with a halter round one's neck; between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla
and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea,
between two fires; on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of