Usually means: Volatile situation ready to explode.
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  1. powder keg: Merriam-Webster
  2. powder keg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. powder keg: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. powder keg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. powder keg: Vocabulary.com
  6. powder-keg: Wordnik
  7. powder keg: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. powder keg: Wiktionary
  9. powder keg: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. powder keg: Dictionary.com
  11. Powder keg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. powder keg: Rhymezone
  13. powder keg: FreeDictionary.org
  14. powder keg: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. powder keg: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. powder keg: Encyclopedia

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  1. powder keg: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See powder_kegs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (powder keg)

noun:  A barrel containing gunpowder.
noun:  (figuratively) An explosive or otherwise volatile situation.

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