Translations for „loose cannon“ in the English » German Dictionary

loose ˈcan·non N (person)

loose cannon

eine [tickende] Zeitbombe, ein unberechenbarer Risikofaktor

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he's a loose cannon

er ist unberechenbar

a loose cannon

ein unberechenbarer Faktor

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I am, however, tired of coming across as arrogant and a loose cannon.

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How could they ever have installed this loose cannon?

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He has his own way of doing things, and his superiors regard him as something of a loose cannon.

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Nothing is more dangerous than a loose cannon.

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Think for a second of a loose cannon in charge of the wolds most powerful economic engine and military machine.

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While in prison, he began making a name for himself as a loose cannon, often fighting convicts and prison officers.

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Without strategy, power is a loose cannon and war is mindless.

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They couldn't take the chance with a loose cannon being out there, and that's exactly what happened.

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He is a loose cannon, so letting him loose on the public could be worse than keeping him in the game.

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But he was always great value for a quote and his press conferences were compulsive viewing - primarily because he was a loose cannon.

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