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writing on the wall |
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the writing on the wall the likelihood that something bad will happen. Area residents can see the writing on the wall and realize that if they don't cooperate with the police, these crimes will continue. As leaders, they should have seen the handwriting on the wall and come up with an alternative course of action. Usage notes: often used with see, as in the examples Etymology: based on a story in the Bible about Daniel, who reads the handwriting on the wall that predicts the end of the kingdom of Babylon |
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Here, while the national prosperity feasts, like another Belshazzar, on the spectacle of its own magnificence, is the Writing on the Wall, which warns the monarch, Money, that his glory is weighed in the balance, and his power found wanting. The writing on the wall was done with a man's forefinger dipped in blood. The excellent husband of Winnie Verloc saw no writing on the wall. |
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