be on the threshold of doing sth

Time will tell. You have to be cruel to be kind. a straw in the wind advance ahead an unknown quantity anticipate any day now any minute now around the corner as soon as possible at the earliest await bated be coming up

اللاحق وما بعد ذلك الأسبق والسابق والماضي إشارات الماضي والحاضر والمستقبل