When the bell rings
when push comes to shove
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- When the dust has settled
Also, after or once the dust settles. When matters have calmed down, as in The merger is complete, and when the dust has settled we can start on new projects. This idiom uses dust in the sense of “turmoil” or “commotion,” a usage dating from the first half of the 1800s.
- When the hammer comes down
when the bell rings
- When the saints go marching in
“When the Saints Go Marching In” definition An American spiritual, one of the best-known songs played by Dixieland bands. The first verse is: Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number, When the saints go marching in.
- When the shit hits the fan
see: shit will hit the fan
- Whenwe
noun 1. (South African, informal) a White immigrant from Zimbabwe, caricatured as being tiresomely over-reminiscent of happier times