1. Home
2. Idioms
3. Coming events cast their shadows before

Coming events cast their shadows before

---

---

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Prov. Significant events are often preceded by signs that they are about to happen. (From Thomas Campbell's poem, "Lochiel's Warning.") If you pay attention to the news, you can generally tell when something momentous is about to happen. Coming events cast their shadows before.

See also: before, cast, coming, event, shadow