see (something) coming (from) a mile away
see (something) coming (from) a mile away
To foresee, predict, or prepare for something very easily or well in advance of it actually arriving or happening. I saw this coming from a mile away—you've been working too hard for too many days in a row not to come down with a really bad flu. A: "Wow, Julie and Greg broke up." B: "Are you surprised? Everyone saw it coming a mile away. They were just so incompatible."
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