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“trouble”
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A storm is brewing
Meaning Says that trouble, conflict or a crisis is quietly developing and will probably break out soon. Applied to quarrels, politics, markets or any gathering tension, and often met in other tenses, as in a storm…
Also known as a storm was brewing · a tempest is brewing · there's a storm brewing · trouble is brewing
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A recipe for disaster
Meaning … elements together, the result is guaranteed to be trouble rather than anything desirable. Works as a noun predicate or with 'be'; conversational and journalistic, bordering on cliché in news writing. Regional…
Also known as a recipe for success (opposite) · a recipe for trouble · be a recipe for disaster