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on the horizon

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on the horizon 
1. Lit. appearing at the boundary between the earth and the sky. There is a storm on the horizon.
2. Fig. soon to happen. Do you know what's on the horizon? There is some excitement on the horizon, but I can't tell you about it.
See also: horizon

on the horizon
something that is on the horizon is likely to happen soon There is no new drug on the horizon that will make this disease easier to treat.
See also: horizon

on the horizon
likely to happen or appear soon There are no new drugs on the horizon to treat this disease.
Related vocabulary: a cloud on the horizon
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of horizon (the place in the distance where the earth and sky seem to meet)
See also: horizon


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Above, the sky would be of a cold blue colour, save for a fringe of flame-coloured streaks on the horizon that kept turning ever paler and paler; and when the moon had come out there would be wafted through the limpid air the sounds of a frightened bird fluttering, of a bulrush rubbing against its fellows in the gentle breeze, and of a fish rising with a splash.
When I was in Spaceland I heard that your sailors have very similar experiences while they traverse your seas and discern some distant island or coast lying on the horizon.
When the head of it had reached the base of the mountains, the rear was not yet visible on the horizon.
 
 
 
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