Noun
sleeping giant (plural sleeping giants)
(idiomatic) Someone or something with great, latent strength.
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. Isoroku Yamamoto
I have lived in the United States and I know the might of their industrial complex. The United States is a sleeping giant and I am afraid that our attack has awakened it. Chuichi Nagumo
A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant. William Shakespeare
For my sailing vacation, I planned to cruise into what would be the world’s largest freshwater conservation area along Superior’s Canadian north shore, an area of 11,000 square kilometers, stretching from Sleeping Giant Mountain to the Slate Islands. Source: Internet
A board member of the Sleeping Giant Park Association (SGPA), Johanna is the merchandising manager for the association’s Trading Post. Source: Internet
His famous piece called the "Sleeping Giant" has become one of Belize's most celebrated masterpieces in its national artistic archives for all times. Source: Internet