Is there an idiom that means "it was something inevitable"? I am not sure if it's the case, but there's this idiom, it was something like "this was ought to happen", but it was an actual idiom instead of just a …

Nov 23, 2015 · Both inevitable and ineluctable are words in the dictionary that mean something is impossible to avoid. So do we use them in a same or different context?

Sep 4, 2018 · That is not irony. It would be irony only if avoiding the result caused the result. That's not the case in OP's question, as it's perfectly possible for the result to be inevitable regardless of trying …

Harry watched them go, feeling slightly uneasy. It just occurred to him that Mr and Mrs Weasley would want to know how Fred and George were financing their joke shop business when, as was inevitable,

Sep 16, 2022 · Personally, I think it's a good thing to have a lot of friends; anyway, it's inevitable that we'll build closer relationships with just a few of them. Finally, of / among all your close friends, it's …

Feb 7, 2019 · From a book It will be evident that poet’s function is not to report things that have happened, but rather to tell of such things as might happen , things that are possibilities by virtue of …

Apr 6, 2024 · In these examples "should" expresses an expected but not inevitable outcome. Several other ESL/grammar sites also allow "should" with the third conditional, e.g. Cambridge.

Jun 3, 2024 · The focus is on how steady and perhaps inevitable the progress is. by the X more narrowly applies only to processes of change, and indicates rapid change. The focus is on how fast the …

Sep 8, 2023 · Without such a metaphoric mirror, society would be unable to reflect upon (and hopefully deal with) the inevitable injustices and other shortcoming that always arise when large numbers of …

May 6, 2025 · I will go to work soon. Can I say "I'm on the verge of going to work" or is it formal and I should use "be about to"?