down the pike

Senators, after all, are the points of contact for governors who want to complain about federal funding cuts coming down the pike that might screw up their budgets.

Though trade friction would probably crimp the company’s exports, she wouldn’t talk about what may come down the pike.

“Six years of really intense, focused preparatory work has gotten the top leaders in Beijing ready to deal with whatever comes down the pike,” said Even Pay, an analyst with research firm Trivium China.

R.E.M.’s manager Bertis Downs said in an email, “The guys were all big Buster Keaton fans well before this left-field idea came down the pike.”

“It’s just a injustice. There is no accountability. They need to be made examples of. Everyone knew that the virus was coming down the pike. You don’t contaminate people. There are basic things you don’t do and they were done there because their leadership sucked.”