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Certainty & Possibility - Possibility
Discover how English idioms like "read the tea leaves" and "the sky is the limit" relate to possibility in English.
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the sky is the limit
used to say that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from achieving success
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while the getting is good
before the opportunity to do or achieve something passes
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if worst comes to worst
used for saying if the worst possible or most difficult thing happens
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storm is brewing
used to say that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
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when push come to shove
used when a situation reaches a critical point and one must take action in order to deal with it
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to read the tea leaves
to be able to say or estimate what is about to happen in the future
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cloud on the horizon
something that will be troublesome or problematic in the near future
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