Timeline for Idiom used when a bad situation is not fully resolved and can easily re-escalate
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| Jan 6, 2020 at 19:39 | comment | added | Duncan C | Seems to me that smoldering is closer to the form of the Persian expression of "fire under the ashes" but festering, like festering resentment, might be a better fit for the underlying meaning of the idiom. (Festering is a term for a wound that has an infection under the surface.) | |
| Jan 6, 2020 at 13:46 | comment | added | That Idiot | Fester was what came to mind first, but smoulder is much better. | |
| Jan 4, 2020 at 10:58 | vote | accept | Reyraa | ||
| Jan 3, 2020 at 16:39 | history | answered | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |