Everything is ready [wàn shì jù bèi]
Basic meaning
Everything is ready
All that is left is the east wind
I only owe the east wind" comes from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which means that all the preparations have been made, except for the last important condition.
The origin of the allusion
" "I only owe the east wind" comes from Chapter 49 of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The original text is: Kong Ming asked for paper and pen, retreated the screen to the left and right, and secretly wrote sixteen characters: "If you want to defeat Duke Cao, you should attack with fire. Everything is ready, you only owe the east wind." . "The original meaning is that Zhou Yu planned to attack Cao Cao with fire, and made all preparations. Suddenly he remembered that he could not defeat the enemy without the east wind. Later, he used this metaphor to describe that all preparations were done, except for the last important condition.
Synonyms
Careful preparation, planning for a long time
Antonyms
No progress, no improvement