minefield

The Lady was established in 1885 by Thomas Gibson Bowles, as a magazine for gentlewomen, a weekly guide to navigating the social minefield of well-to-do British life.

It is a potential minefield for Micheál Martin and he will have to chose his words carefully.

And if things weren’t precarious enough, the best actress race turned into a minefield.

A bar was added for one of two daring escapes from Italian prisoner of war camps, during which he mapped an enemy minefield, saving Allied lives.

Sounds straightforward, but both know their affair is happening in a cultural minefield where the trip wires are economic, professional and generational.