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facing imminent catastrophe · calamity looms · all hell will break loose

大祸临头
dà huò lín tóu
d+à·4th toneh+uò·4th tonel+ín·2nd tonet+óu·2nd tone
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lit. disaster falls from heaven (idiom) · fig. to be struck by an unexpected calamity; a sudden misfortune祸从天降huò cóng tiān jiàng(idiom) bad omen不祥之兆bù xiáng zhī zhào