the writing is on the wall

短语

别名

the handwriting is on the wall

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Disaster is imminent.

词源

From the Biblical story in Daniel 5 where mysterious writing appearing on a wall during a feast held by King Belshazzar points to the downfall of the Babylonian Empire: see writing on the wall.

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