in the works がイディオムとして使われると「起こりつつある」と言う意味になります。4:30 his undoing was already in the works ニクソンの辞任劇の序章はもう始まっていた。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gQkT04vbys 5:39 the people of Pakistan and its military are blithely unaware of what's in the works その時パキスタン人とパキスタン軍はビンラディン暗殺計画が進行中であることは知る由もなかった
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_wTmjw4Wcs 0:56 it's just an example of what might be in the works in the future.
参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2012/09/blog-post_23.html 進行中を英語でなんと言うか？
練習問題解答
a-303 in the works
a-361 keeping under the wraps, in the works
a-3073 in the works
a-3118 in the works
a-4223 in the works
a-9579 a coup could be in the works
b-0255 the divorce has been in the works
b-0507 plans in the works
b-5533 a climate crisis already in the works
