prediction

• Mark my words

  This phrase is used to emphasize that what one is saying will definitely come true, often as a warning or a strong prediction.

• Read the tea leaves

  To try to predict future events or outcomes by interpreting current signs, trends, or subtle indications.

• Doomsday scenario

  A doomsday scenario refers to a hypothetical situation describing a catastrophic event or chain of events that could lead to widespread destruction, the collapse of civilization, or the end of the world.

• Wagering a guess

  To make an estimate or a prediction, often without complete certainty, as if placing a small bet on its accuracy.

• Trouble in the air

  A feeling or sense that problems, difficulties, or conflict are imminent.

• Cataclysmic forecast

  A prediction of an overwhelmingly disastrous or destructive future event.

• Grim outlook

  A grim outlook describes a very negative and pessimistic assessment of a future situation or set of circumstances.

• Calamitous forecast

  A prediction of disaster or a future full of severe misfortunes.

• Harbinger of doom

  A person or thing that signals the imminent arrival of disaster or misfortune.

• Portent of disaster

  A sign or warning that something terrible is about to happen.