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dark cloud

idiom

A situation or future event that causes worry, problems or unhappiness, likened to such a cloud overhead in the sky.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    cloud nine

    Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.

  2. 02

    cloud seven

    Often in the phrase on cloud seven: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.

  3. 03

    dark horse

    Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.

  4. 04

    look on the dark side

    To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a negative perspective; to be pessimistic or miserable.

  5. 05

    oh dark hundred

    Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)

  6. 06

    oh dark thirty

    Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implying an unpleasant time to be awake).

  7. 07

    see the dark side of the moon

    To do or experience something exceedingly difficult or rare.

  8. 08

    shot in the dark

    A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.

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