storm is brewing

storm is brewing

 
1. There is going to be a storm. Look at the clouds. A storm is brewing. A storm is brewing in the west.
2. There is going to be trouble or emotional upset. He looks angry. A storm is brewing.
See also: brew, storm
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • go well with
  • go well with (someone or something)
  • go for (something)
  • go for it
  • get going
  • get someone going
  • break the news to (one)
  • going to (do something)
  • break the news
  • go in and out
References in classic literature
"Sire, I have every reason to believe that a storm is brewing in the south."
If one knows a storm is brewing, but takes no measures to prepare for it, when the storm hits, who is to blame for the damage?
Aperfect storm is brewing, and perfect storm is brewing, and Jonny Mac's dark warnings that the patients will suffer even more than the staff 's work-life balance looks like being proved correct.
In Cardiff Bay, meanwhile, another storm is brewing.
But such a reading would fail to account for earlier references to God while the storm is brewing, or to accord with Hurston's attitude toward Christian doctrine and belief in divine omnipotence.
A storm is brewing over the increased privatisation of a Welsh county's home care services.