something in the wind

Idioms  

1. A secret plan or undertaking, as in I think there's something in the wind for Mom and Dad's anniversary. This expression alludes to the carrying of a scent by the wind. [First half of 1500s]

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something in the wind

Hopefully things will turn around, the guys might find something in the wind tunnel and we will have it at the next race.

From The Guardian ● May 17, 2010

Each wore an air of serious importance, and Holm at once suspected something in the wind.

From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen

Yet they knew that there was "something in the wind."

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

I guess there’ll be something in the wind around Old Ti ’fore long, hey?”

From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by W. Bertram Foster

But later on, an uncomfortable suspicion came to him that there was something in the wind.

From Under Boy Scout Colors by Joseph Bushnell Ames

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