the balloon goes up

Damocles a brush with a clear and present danger a close call a death trap a marked man a matter of life and or death a powder keg a recipe for disaster a ticking time bomb a witch-hunt asword of Damocles hangs over sb's head at stake at your own risk be at stake

المحفوف بالمخاطر والعرضة للخطر الحماية والوقاية