in jeopardy
in danger
TRANSLATION
in jeopardy = in Gefahr sein, gefährdet sein --- GOOGLE INDEX in jeopardy: approximately 1,800,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Plans for a 12,000-seat stadium in Bristol could be IN JEOPARDY after it was revealed the project is short of money.
(BBC News)
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"The FBI is releasing information on how to spot a suspicious package," Jay Leno reported one day after the terrorist attacks in 2001. "For example, if a suspicious man offers you a package to hold, you're IN JEOPARDY. But if a suspicious man offers to hold your package, you're in Hollywood."
(adapted from Anedotage.com)
(BBC News)
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"The FBI is releasing information on how to spot a suspicious package," Jay Leno reported one day after the terrorist attacks in 2001. "For example, if a suspicious man offers you a package to hold, you're IN JEOPARDY. But if a suspicious man offers to hold your package, you're in Hollywood."
(adapted from Anedotage.com)
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in jeopardy
noun
- in danger of being damaged or destroyed
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Jeopardy can be traced back to the 14th century and the word juperti, a trick or stratagem. It later evolved to jeupardy, a chess problem. The word is borrowed from the Old French jeu parti, meaning an even or divided game (jeu=game, parti=past participle of partir, to divide). The meaning of danger or risk is first recorded around 1385. The verb jeopardise/jeopardize is from 1646 and is formed from the English jeopardy. (The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
Jeopardy is also the name of one of the world's longest running television quiz shows. It was created in 1964 in the U.S. and was broadcast in different versions for the first 20 years. The current version has been continuously broadcast since 1984.
The show has many international versions (France, Sweden, The Netherlands and Russia). Several German versions have been aired, including one moderated by Frank Elstner on RTL from 1994 to 1998.
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SYNONYMS
accident, chance, double trouble, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, liability, peril, precariousness, risk, trouble, venture, vulnerability
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Because of my current workload, our holiday plans are in jeopardy. My wife is not amused!"
noun
- in danger of being damaged or destroyed
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Jeopardy can be traced back to the 14th century and the word juperti, a trick or stratagem. It later evolved to jeupardy, a chess problem. The word is borrowed from the Old French jeu parti, meaning an even or divided game (jeu=game, parti=past participle of partir, to divide). The meaning of danger or risk is first recorded around 1385. The verb jeopardise/jeopardize is from 1646 and is formed from the English jeopardy. (The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
Jeopardy is also the name of one of the world's longest running television quiz shows. It was created in 1964 in the U.S. and was broadcast in different versions for the first 20 years. The current version has been continuously broadcast since 1984.
The show has many international versions (France, Sweden, The Netherlands and Russia). Several German versions have been aired, including one moderated by Frank Elstner on RTL from 1994 to 1998.
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SYNONYMS
accident, chance, double trouble, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, liability, peril, precariousness, risk, trouble, venture, vulnerability
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Because of my current workload, our holiday plans are in jeopardy. My wife is not amused!"
