an affair that was fermented long ago
Dense clouds do not rain, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ì y ú Nb ù y ǔ, meaning that the sky is dark clouds do not rain. It means that things are brewing and haven't happened yet. From Zhouyi Xiaozhu.
The origin of Idioms
Yi Xiaozhu: "dense clouds without rain, self western suburbs."
Analysis of Idioms
No rain in Miyun
Idiom usage
It means that things are in the process of brewing. It means that things are still in the past. It means that things have not been done in the West. (Yichuan Yi Chuan Yi, complete works of two Cheng)
an affair that was fermented long ago
Helping the turtle and losing the turtle - yuán biē shī guī
sumptuous food and luxurious clothings - yù shí jǐn yī
a man is not a stalk of grass or a tree - rén fēi tǔ mù
be fraught with grim possibilities - xiōng duō jí shǎo