Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is canary in a coal mine and its meaning is “an early warning of some serious danger to come”.
Example Sentence: The rising number of Covid-19 hospitalizations could be a “canary in the coal mine“ for what’s to come as the world/country/state moves forward with its reopening plans and more residents return to a semblance of normal life.
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