单词 | the writing (or handwriting) is on the wall |
释义 | the writing (or North American handwriting) is on the wallThere are clear signs that something unpleasant or unwelcome is going to happen: the writing was on the wall for the old system...
Synonyms omen, ill omen, bad omen, portent, sign, indication, presage, warning, forewarning, foreshadowing, forecast, harbinger, augury, threat, menace, signal, hint, straw in the wind literary foretoken With biblical allusion to Dan. 5:5, 25–8 See parent entry: writing |
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