Idiom of the day :- Nightmare scenario

Idiom of the day :- Nightmare scenario

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

The most awful series of events that can be imagined A : I’m very worried about nuclear weapons. If every country has them I don’t see how we can avoid the nightmare scenario of a world war which destroys the whole Earth. There’s only one solution. B : What’s that ? A : Move to another planet ! This expression was first used during the Gulf War in 1991. The Americans and their allies were using military force against Iraq, which had occupied its neighbor Kuwait. according to the Americans, the nightmare scenario was the possibility of Iraq retreating very quickly from Kuwait without being defeated. This would mean that the Iraqi army would still be powerful and able to attack against the future.