"Glass cannon" is a popular term in gaming (especially online-gaming), where it refers to a character class that has remarkable offensive power, but has low defense. Urban Dictionary also defines this as:
Refers to a person, weapon, or vehicle which has a high output, but a
A similar phrase that first springs to mind is loose cannon, which etymologically has little to do with a cannon's firepower, but more to do with the dangers of a unsecured cannon rolling around on the deck of a ship.
Idioms using the word glass can refer to fragility (as in glass cannon), but the word often connotes transparency as well. A glass Avondjurken ceiling is something that you know is there, Cocktailjurken 2013 even if you can't "see" it. However, glass ceilings aren't exactly known for being easy to break. In software, glass box testing (more commonly called white box testing) means that the testers can "see" the inner workings of the code when designing their test plans.
In short, I wouldn't count on people being able to figure out the meaning of the expression merely by examining the two words put together. That said, the phrase might still be decipherable Vintage Trouwjurk in some contexts, depending on what other clues are present.
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