Meanings
noundeath trap (plural death traps)
plural death traps
- alternativeAlternative form of deathtrap.
But man, when confronted with difficulties, has to acknowledge that he is man, that he has his responsibilities to the higher faculties of his nature, by ignoring which he may achieve success that is immediate, perhaps, but that will become a death trap to him.
1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan
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