英语词汇“the writing is on the wall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. the writing is on the wall (and variants): there are clear signs that something unpleasant or unwelcome is going to happen, decline is under way, or demise or destruction are imminent.

1704 tr. Hist. Cardinal Portocarrero 155 Hold Portocarrero, the Hand-Writing is on the Wall, Time will discover thy Lewdness and Barbarity.]

1837 Courier 7 Jan. The writing was on the wall, and the Whigs, more learned than Belshazzar, would not require a Daniel to interpret it for them.

1863 Come Hither 131 In a.d. 1521, his troops having seized Parma and Piacensa he added them to the States of the Church, but whilst rejoicing in his triumphs, the ‘Writing was on the wall,’ and he died suddenly.

1965 Listener 2 Dec. 925/3 The 'eighties and 'nineties were the Golden Age [of music hall]; and in 1905 the writing was on the wall... Musical comedy, the cinema, television all hastened the decline.

2016 Courier (Dundee) 2 Jan. (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 41/1 The [Dundee] United chairman Stephen Thompson continued to back Jackie McNamara long after the writing was on the wall for him.

单词	the writing is on the wall
释义	> as lemmas the writing is on the wall b. the writing is on the wall (and variants): there are clear signs that something unpleasant or unwelcome is going to happen, decline is under way, or demise or destruction are imminent. Π 1704 tr. Hist. Cardinal Portocarrero 155 Hold Portocarrero, the Hand-Writing is on the Wall, Time will discover thy Lewdness and Barbarity.] 1837 Courier 7 Jan. The writing was on the wall, and the Whigs, more learned than Belshazzar, would not require a Daniel to interpret it for them. 1863 Come Hither 131 In a.d. 1521, his troops having seized Parma and Piacensa he added them to the States of the Church, but whilst rejoicing in his triumphs, the ‘Writing was on the wall,’ and he died suddenly. 1965 Listener 2 Dec. 925/3 The 'eighties and 'nineties were the Golden Age [of music hall]; and in 1905 the writing was on the wall... Musical comedy, the cinema, television all hastened the decline. 2016 Courier (Dundee) 2 Jan. (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 41/1 The [Dundee] United chairman Stephen Thompson continued to back Jackie McNamara long after the writing was on the wall for him. extracted from writingn. < as lemmas
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