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]”

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