its a prophet.

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hediye

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Do we have such idiom in English " its a prophet" ? If so, what does it mean?
 

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No idiom that I recognize.
 

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I have never heard it. It would be unusual for an object to be a prophet, though it might be said of an animal.
 

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This looks rather like a bad translation of a phrase intended to mean "it's an omen".
 

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That's a good thought.
 

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Or prophecy.
 

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Along the lines of an omen, I just wondered whether it might be a substitute phrase.

"It's a prophet" = "It's a Jonah" = "It's bad luck".
 
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