| 单词 | in the offing |
| 释义 | in the offingSEE SYNONYMS FOR in the offing ON THESAURUS.COM In the near or immediate future; soon to come. For example, Jan was delighted that exams were finished and graduation was in the offing. This expression originally meant “in the part of the ocean visible between shore and horizon”; its figurative use dates from the late 1700s. Also see in the wind. Words nearby in the offingin the name of, in the near future, in the neck, in the neighborhood of, in the nick of time, in the offing, in the pink, in the pipeline, in the public eye, in the raw, in the red The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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