An event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
"A national economic catastrophe"
Salarino and Solanio, two Venetian merchants, notice their friend Antonio has been out of sorts lately. Antonio has sent several ships abroad to trade goods in many ports, so his friends speculate that he has overextended his fortunes in shaky investments.
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I would say no because a simile is having something referred to something else for example as brace as a lion or crazy like a fox.
I do not know what your question is but if you are asking what is it then it could be a pipe under water that is dripping at a constant rate underwater which is why you only find it while wearing scuba gear.