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