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The writing on the wall (or sometimes 'handwriting on the wall') is an expression that suggests a portent of doom or misfortune.
- The writing on the wall (or sometimes 'handwriting on the wall') is an expression that suggests a portent of doom or misfortune.
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The writing on the wall (or sometimes 'handwriting on the wall') is an expression that suggests a portent of doom or misfortune.
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Since it's a Biblically-derived expression, there's a reasonably detailed Wikipedia article about it (we should be so lucky for all idioms!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_writing_on_the_wall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_writing_on_the_wall
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