in the wind

Meaning

(idiomatic) Impending or in the offing; imminent.

(idiomatic) At whereabouts unknown, especially when law enforcement authorities have lost track of one's location.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

brewing imminent impending proximate at large on the loose afoot on the way looming predestined on the run untraceable in the works on the lam

Examples

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind. Shania Twain

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. Carl Hiaasen

I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. Alex Ferguson

An empty barrel sings in the wind. Croatian Proverb

Persevere like a bird in the wind. Samoan Proverb

A wise man can hear profit in the wind. Klingon Proverb

Words in the phrase

in the wind

Close letter words and terms

in the wider sense In the Wild in the wilderness in the wings in the wings of in the wink of an eye