idiomgoing tohappensoon:With anelectionin the offing, themayoris gettingnervous.(Definition ofin the offingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofin the offing
in the offingThere is no regressintheoffinghere.From theCambridge English CorpusSo far, none seems to beintheoffing.From theCambridge English CorpusA major source of friction among all parties concerned was alreadyintheoffing.From theCambridge English CorpusAs we shall see, several views areintheoffinghere.From theCambridge English CorpusHe saw successintheoffing.From theCambridge English CorpusThis book has been rumoured to beintheoffingfor many years.From theCambridge English CorpusHeart-clearing morning sky:intheoffingsmoke crawls; that is the warship he is aboard.From theCambridge English CorpusExcise duty applies to all cars, not just new ones, and there is no mandatory use of unleaded petrolintheoffing.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0As so often happens when summits areintheoffing, we have high hopes of this one.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIs thatintheoffing, or in cold storage?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0There is every evidence from recent history to suggest that if something isintheoffing, people will take serious and dilatory action beforehand.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0No nuclear station has been ordered since 1970 and there is only oneintheoffingfor 1976.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Indeed, there are ominous proofs in the military sphere that such an attack isintheoffing.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Who would have guessed that elections wereintheoffing?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0There is a general electionintheoffing.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/in-the-offing##
