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Definition

Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction.

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In Context

  • "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,... Here and now those dread specters are: Divorce, Illness, Unemployment and Overspending. These are now the harbingers of economic doom […]"
  • "[One authority] has identified four types of communication, which he calls the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," that are signs of a marriage having problems […]"
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Related Idioms

p

pale rider

Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen…

 w

white rider

Conquest or Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

 r

red rider

War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

 b

black rider

Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

 s

stop someone in their tracks

To prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or fig…

 t

there and back

On or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.
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