a taste of things to come

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Massachusetts' Summer Forecasted To Be A Scorcher: Report

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published its monthly report on climate trends on Thursday - and MA is gonna get hot.

patch.com

BOSTON — The near-record heat predicted for this weekend is just a taste of what's to come, according to a monthly report on climate trends released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Taste Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

TASTE meaning: 1 : the sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a thing that you can sense when it is in your mouth the flavor that you can taste when you eat or drink something sometimes used figuratively; 2 : the ability to notice or recognize flavors when you eat or drink the ability to taste...

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That first storm was just a taste of things to come. [=that storm was followed by many other storms]

Do "a taste of what's to come" and "a taste of things to come" mean the same thing?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, they mean the same thing.