doom and gloom

doom and gloom

(A situation) characterized by negativity or futility. The situation isn't all doom and gloom—there are still plenty of good schools that did accept you!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

doom and gloom

a general feeling of pessimism or despondency.
This expression, sometimes found as gloom and doom , was particularly pertinent to fears about a nuclear holocaust during the cold war period of the 1950s and 1960s. It became a catchphrase in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow.
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ˌdoom and ˈgloom

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ˌgloom and ˈdoom

a general feeling of having lost all hope and of pessimism (= expecting things to go badly): Despite the obvious setbacks, it’s not all doom and gloom for the England team.
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gloom and doom

Utter pessimism, expecting the worst. This rhyming phrase, which is sometimes reversed to doom and gloom, dates from the mid-1900s but became widely used only from the 1980s on. Nigel Rees cites an early use in the musical comedy Finian’s Rainbow (1947), in which a pessimistic leprechaun sings, “I told you that gold could only bring you doom and gloom, gloom and doom.” More recently, Clive Cussler wrote, “Pitt stared at Gunn, mildly surprised that the second-in-command was prey to his own thoughts of doom and gloom” (Sahara, 1992).
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • gloom
  • gloom and doom
  • shoot off (one's) face
  • take the high road
  • highroad
  • a cloud hangs over (someone or something)
  • a cloud hangs over somebody/something
  • beat the air
  • beat the wind
  • throw (one's) hands up
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THE EURO All this talk about the Euro is driving me mad One minute it's doom and gloom Then it's the best we've ever had Forget about the savings you safely put into a pot Go out and enjoy yourself and spend the blooming lot Someone in the know said we can put it right I think that common sense now is out of mind and out of sight We should all do what we want to do what is right for us So let's look on the bright side after all it will soon be Christmas.
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Perth, Dec 15(ANI): Australian coach Tim Nielsen is confident that his team can overcome the "doom and gloom" to turn around the Ashes series against England.
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IN these times of doom and gloom, I thought it only just to write this letter in the hope that it may bring a smile to the faces of those who read it.
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Scott reads in a somber monotone, and it works well here, evoking the doom and gloom of King's apocalyptic world.
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There is a cottage industry churning out press releases chronicling how Ford lied to the public, its vehicles desecrate the land, and all manner of doom and gloom will result.
Truth telling
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Rickter scale of doom
But just as there is humor (albeit avowedly dark) and even an occasional glimmer of optimism to be found in Oldham's lyrics, so Rielly's canvases are not all doom and gloom. In fact, an overdependence on the sight gag ultimately proves to be their undoing, overshadowing the graver aspects of the painter's chosen subjects.
James Rielly: Galeria Ramis Barquet