You live with this sword of Damocles hanging over your head, knowing that you carry the virus for a deadly disease.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
(a) sword of Damocles hangs over someone's head — a sword of Damocles hangs over (someone s) head literary, literary if a sword of Damocles hangs over someone, they are in a situation where something bad is likely to happen to them very soon. You live with this sword of Damocles hanging over… … New idioms dictionary
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