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The body's smoke alarm, screaming whether the kitchen's on fire or just toasting.
means A state of acute suffering, pain, or danger — physical, emotional, or financial — that demands rescue.
from From Latin districtus, to draw apart, via Old French destresce — literally being pulled in two, stretched between forces until something gives.
Maritime lawA vessel in distress can claim emergency port entry anywhere.
Mayday rootsFrom French m'aidez, help me — three times means distress.
Furniture tradeTo distress wood is to fake decades of abuse.