From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe a recipe for somethingbe a recipe for somethingCAUSEto be likely to cause a particular result, often a bad one She said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster, not a holiday. → recipe
Examples from the Corpus
be a recipe for something• Sound accounting advice will make your business; lack of good accounting advice is a recipe for financial disaster.• A plentiful supply of anything is a recipe for disaster.• Learning from experience is a recipe for continuous improvement.• Here are recipes for some of the updated versions of macaroni and cheese.• Nationalist plans for independence are a recipe for weakness and isolation.• The latter is a recipe for chaos, anarchy and mutual extinction.• Three managers and three chairmen in 18 months is a recipe for football disaster.• I think the new regulations are a recipe for economic disaster.• Its ads, coupled with diet industry ads and media images that promote slenderness, are a recipe for bulimia. 