avalanche (noun) avalanche: falling large mass; sudden rush of large quantity
Detalii: avalanche means literally 'a gulp, something swallowed' from French avaler 'to swallow' and Italian lava 'torrent' and refers to snow, rocks, or other debris coming down a mountainside - whereas a landslide is an entire mountainside coming down
Sinonime: Catch-22, Hobson's choice, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the anvil, between two fires, cornered, in a dilemma, in a pickle, in a predicament, in the middle, no choice, sitting on a powder keg