Eating and Drinking. 1  1. Eat before or while you're drinking. Eating while you're drinking can help reduce alcohol breath. 2  2. Try onion and garlic. Foods that are highly aromatic can help override alcohol breath. 3  3. Chew gum. Gum can be helpful in eliminating alcohol breath.  4. Drink coffee and water.
The Balkan powder keg was the name given to the Balkan region because of the secure and safe state it had before a minor issue led to World War I. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austria-Hungary empire, and his wife, Sophie, ended the peaceful state of Europe.
Definition of 'powder keg'. powder keg also powder-keg. If you describe a situation or a place as a powder keg, you mean that it could easily become very dangerous. Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.