here be dragons

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A fanciful notation, commonly attributed to historical maps, held to indicate either the belief that unknown dangers exist in a certain location on the map, or that actual dragons can be found there.

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The captain frowned at the faded corner of the chart where someone had written 'here be dragons' and felt a chill run down his spine.

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意味（1）

A fanciful notation, commonly attributed to historical maps, held to indicate either the belief that unknown dangers exist in a certain location on the map, or that actual dragons can be found there.

It's like in those old maps of the world, where the mapmakers wrote, Here be dragons on the unexplored parts of the globe.

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意味（2）

By extension, used to indicate that which is unknown or uncertain, particularly if it seems to carry some type of risk.

Here be dragons in the shape of London landladies, owners of small hotels ('B. & B.') in the streets off the lower end of Euston Road. . .

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