fraught with danger

fraught with danger

Very unsafe or risky. A trip to that part of town at night would be fraught with danger—why risk it?
See also: danger, fraught
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fraught with danger

Cliché [of something] full of something dangerous or unpleasant. The spy's trip to Russia was fraught with danger. My escape from the kidnapper was fraught with danger.
See also: danger, fraught
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fraught
  • save someone's skin
  • be alive and well
  • alive and well
  • as to be
  • put (one's) head on the block
  • put (one's) neck on the block
  • put head on the block
  • put your head on the block
  • lay (one's) neck on the block
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Petterson is particularly adept at creating suspense, and because the writing style is so understated, every small action on the part of the characters seems fraught with danger.
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Each path we tread it seems, is fraught with danger.
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