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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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It's a disaster waiting [to happen].
The protagonist Leslie bought the Sun, the local paper, in Hammond, Oregon recently.
McAllister is the Star's attorney.
Leslie returned to Phoenix and talked to Lyle Banister, the Star's managing editor. "You're going with me to Hammond, Oregon. I want you to run the news paper there until it gets on its feet."
"I talked to Mr. McAllister," Bannister said. "The paper has no feet. He said it's a disaster waiting to happen."
She studied him a moment. "Humor me."
<From "Best Plaid Plans" by Sidney Sheldon>
I'd like to know the subject of "happen" is "a disaster" and it indicates "waiting to happen."
Thank you in advance for your help.
McAllister is the Star's attorney.
Leslie returned to Phoenix and talked to Lyle Banister, the Star's managing editor. "You're going with me to Hammond, Oregon. I want you to run the news paper there until it gets on its feet."
"I talked to Mr. McAllister," Bannister said. "The paper has no feet. He said it's a disaster waiting to happen."
She studied him a moment. "Humor me."
<From "Best Plaid Plans" by Sidney Sheldon>
I'd like to know the subject of "happen" is "a disaster" and it indicates "waiting to happen."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Best Laid Plans I'm not sure what your confusion is in the rest of the question.
- Best Laid Plans I'm not sure what your confusion is in the rest of the question.
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Best Laid Plans I'm not sure what your confusion is in the rest of the question.
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It means "it's a disaster that is waiting to happen". The subject of "(is) waiting to happen" is logically "a disaster". "happen" has no individual subject.
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I'm not quite sure what the question is, but "a disaster waiting to happen" is a common expression. In this case, Bannister is saying McAllister said that the newspaper is a disaster waiting to happen. That is, the newspaper as a business is in bad shape, ("It has no feet" -- so it can't "get on its feet", that is, it can't establish itself, become a stable, profitable business) and this will soon
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