In News Reports, 'Doom and Gloom' Abound - Business - The Atlantic Wire

In News Reports, 'Doom and Gloom' Abound - Business - The Atlantic Wire: "ords doom and gloom (or gloom and doom) first began appearing together in 19th century newspapers, according to phrases.org. They almost always referred to bad news in business or markets and remained an idiom almost exclusively within those sectors until the 1950s when the popular musical Finnian's Rainbow featured a leprechaun character who often repeated 'doom and gloom."