a storm is brewing
a storm is brewing
There is difficulty, danger, or unrest fermenting or expected to arise in the future. According to many inside the region, a storm is brewing among working-class voters who felt betrayed by the recent legislative change. We sensed that a storm was brewing, so we got out of the bar before the fight broke out.
See also: brew, storm
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- brew
- there's storm brewing
- trouble is brewing
- there's trouble brewing
- trouble brewing
- storm is brewing
- brew a plot
- heaping Pelion upon Ossa
- on red alert
- salvage (something) from (something or some place)