Writing-on-the-wall Definition
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An ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.
He could see the writing on the wall months before the business failed.
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writings on the wall, writings on wallsOrigin of Writing-on-the-wall
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From the Biblical story in the Book of Daniel; mysterious writing on the wall during King Belshazzar's feast points to the downfall of the Babylonian Empire.
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