recipe for disaster

noun

A plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.

“You and Larry living together sounds like a recipe for disaster.”

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Meanings

nounrecipe for disaster (plural recipes for disaster)

plural recipes for disaster

  1. idiomaticA plan that sounds as though it will end disastrously.

    You and Larry living together sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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recipe for disaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipe%20for%20disaster

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recipe for disaster,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recipe%20for%20disaster.

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