Como dizer "Estar preparado para o pior" em inglês

To be braced for the worst

There is no word on casting yet, but with the memory of Carrie Underwood’s Maria von Trapp still waking many of us screaming in the night, I am braced for the worst. Ref. theguardian

OBS.: It is possible to write a sentence without the verb to be, but the translation is slightly different. Example:

When Yonas Fikre stepped off a luxury private jet at Portland airport last month, the only passenger on a $200,000 flight from Sweden, he braced for the worst. Ref. theguardian

He braced for the worst. --> Ele se preparou para o pior.