In embryo formal
In the early stages of planning and establishing something that has the capability for further development
I've seen the innate talent in him, yet it is in embryo.
These problems have existed in embryo.
The plan to construct a university here is still in embryo.
This idiom is formed based on the fact that an embryo is a young animal or plant in its early stages of growth, before birth or before emerging from its egg or seed.
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.