風ふう雲うん急きゅうを告つげる

expression, ichidan verb

the situation grows tense; things become critical

Idiomatic expression describing a situation that has become dangerously tense, often implying an imminent major upheaval or crisis. Used in formal or literary contexts.

• 国こく際さい情じょう勢せいは風ふう雲うん急きゅうを告つげている。

  The international situation is growing tense.

• 政せい局きょくが風ふう雲うん急きゅうを告つげ、解かい散さん総そう選せん挙きょの可か能のう性せいが高たかまった。

  The political situation became critical, increasing the likelihood of a snap election.