before the ink is dry

before the ink is dry

Ink is not dry is an idiom, pronunciation is m ò zh ī w è Ig ā n, meaning that the ink is not dry. It is not long since an agreement or a covenant was signed.

explain

The ink for writing is not dry yet. It refers to an agreement or a covenant that has just been signed.

source

In Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan, Yang Siwen meets an old friend in Yanshan: "where is the writer before the ink is dry?"

Examples

However, the generals were ordered to make a military plan to destroy the border region. (Mao Zedong's comments on the 11th plenary session of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and the second national political conference of the third session)

usage

Used to accuse the other party of breaking a promise