Meaning of sleeping giant | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone or something with great, latent strength.

idiomatic

Examples

“There is a sleeping giant in education that is just beginning to awaken.”

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

“The Council regards the Alliance as a sleeping giant. Less than 3% of humans volunteer to serve in their military, a lower proportion than any other species.”

“Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters[…] rallied in cities nationwide[…]. "I want to thank the governor of Arizona because she's awakened a sleeping giant," said labor organizer John Delgado, who attended a rally in New York where authorities estimated 6,500 gathered.”

“Bruce Merrill, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University who has worked as an Arizona pollster for four decades, is skeptical that the Latino “sleeping giant” will wake anytime soon.”

“Europe’s Sleeping Giant Awakens [title, referring to Germany]”

CEFR level