Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Proper noun

Meaning

(biblical) Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.

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

Examples

As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Zygmunt Bauman

Acting Publicity portrait of Rudolph Valentino as Julio Desnoyers in the 1921 Metro Pictures production The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Source: Internet

Legacy With Alice Terry in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Valentino After his death, many of his films were reissued to help pay his estate expenses. Source: Internet

He was one of the four who, with Holding, Joel Garner and Andy "Hitman" Roberts, made up the famed Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse fastbowling unit that spearheaded an all-conquering West Indies team for several years. Source: Internet

Society and culture Famine personified as an allegory is found in some cultures, e.g. one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Christian tradition, the fear gorta of Irish folklore, or the Wendigo of Algonquian tradition. Source: Internet

We can either assume responsibility and muster the courage and vision to undertake a Great Transformation, or we can wait, with eyes wide open, for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Source: Internet

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