a prophet of doom

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a prophet of doom

someone who always expects bad things to happen My father is convinced that this venture will fail, but then he's always been a prophet of doom.

See also: doom, prophet

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One doesn't have to be a prophet of doom to see in recent legislation the thin edge of the wedge which could just possibly take us back to a lifestyle such as is present in other parts of the world. Supporting Christians; Mailbag by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Huw Edwards harped on and on about the "energy" in the stadium but still sounded like a prophet of doom as he does when he pops up like the Grim Reaper at any floods or tragedies that happen across the country. By jingo it's Beijingoism by The Mirror (London, England) We've taken a turn to Negative Town man," he said before the England-Croatia match, complaining that Alan Hansen was being a prophet of doom. IAN Wright by The Mirror (London, England)			a piece of the pie a pied-à-terre a pig in a poke a pillar of strength a pink slip a pipe dream a piss-artist a piss-up a pit stop a pitched battle a place to call own a plain Jane a play on words a poacher turned gamekeeper a poison-pen letter a poisoned chalice a political football a poor man's a poor relation a port of call a powder keg a price on head a prima donna a prime mover a priori a prophet of doom a pub crawl a put-up job a Pyrrhic victory a quantum leap a queer fish a question mark over a quick fix a quick one a quick study a quid pro quo a race against the clock a race against time a race against time clock a rake-off a rap across the knuckles a rap sheet a rat fink a rat race a raw deal a ray of sunshine a red cent a red eye a red herring a red-letter day a reign of terror			A priori and a posterior knowledge A priori and a posterior knowledge A priori and a posterior knowledge A priori and a posterior knowledge A priori and a posteriori (philosophy) a priori assumption A priori distribution A priori distribution A priori probability A priori probability A priori probability A priori probability A priori probability a priority a priority a priority a priority A Probability Programming Language A Process Programming Language/Ada A Production Sharing Agreement A Professional Conference Call A Professional Corporation A Professional Law Corporation A Programming Language A Programming Language A Programming Language A Programming Language with Shared Files A Programming Language with Shared Variables a prophet is not without honor save in his own country a prophet is not without honor save in his own country a prophet of doom A Protestant view of the Council from Schaff-Herzog Encyc of Religion A psychotic break A psychotic break A psychotic break a pub crawl A Pudge Is A Sandwich A Pun A Day A purine A purine A purine A Purple Snake Takes No Dead Prisoners a put-up job A pyrimidine A pyrimidine A pyrimidine a Pyrrhic victory A Quaker Action Group a quantum jump a quantum leap a queer fish A Query and Retrieval Information User System a question mark over A Question of Balance A Question of Faith A Question of Honour A Question of Origins A Question of Sport a quick fix A Quick One A Quick Sale Limited

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