trouble is brewing

trouble is brewing

There is difficulty, danger, or unrest fermenting or expected to arise in the future. According to many inside the region, trouble is brewing among working-class voters who felt betrayed by the recent legislative change. We sensed that trouble was brewing, so we got out of the bar before the fight broke out.
See also: brew, trouble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Trouble is brewing.

 and There is trouble brewing.
Fig. Trouble is developing. Trouble's brewing at the office. I have to get there early tomorrow. There is trouble brewing in the government. The prime minister may resign.
See also: brew, trouble
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • there's trouble brewing
  • trouble brewing
  • a storm is brewing
  • brew
  • there's storm brewing
  • on red alert
  • storm is brewing
  • brew a plot
  • heaping Pelion upon Ossa
  • salvage (something) from (something or some place)
References in periodicals archive
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