“Storm clouds are gathering”in other languages
Trouble is coming.
English
French
Spanish
Same idea, different pictures
English and French read the sky: storm clouds, or a storm in the air, de l'orage dans l'air. French also says there's water in the gas, de l'eau dans le gaz: something is about to go wrong.
Spanish smells it: oler a chamusquina, to smell of singeing.
More sayings in other languages
- A storm in a teacup
- Many hands make light work
- A stroke of luck
- Sugarcoat the pill
- Take a hike
- Take the rap
- Take to one's heels
- Take something with a grain of salt
- Talk someone's ear off