Hanging over us like a big, black cloud
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Could you please tell me what the phrase "hanging over us like a big, black cloud" means in the following sentence?
- Orders were followed slowly and carelessly, and mutiny, it was clear, wad hanging over us like a big, black cloud.
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JA
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Literally, if a big black crowd is hanging over your head, it means trouble is probably coming, ie It's going to rain. Figuratively, it means here that trouble is probably coming, ie The soldiers are probably going to mutiny.
- Literally, if a big black crowd is hanging over your head, it means trouble is probably coming, ie It's going to rain.
- Figuratively, it means here that trouble is probably coming, ie The soldiers are probably going to mutiny.
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Literally, if a big black crowd is hanging over your head, it means trouble is probably coming, ie It's going to rain.
Figuratively, it means here that trouble is probably coming, ie The soldiers are probably going to mutiny.
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