| 单词 | the writing on the wall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe writing on the wall the writing on the wall (after Dan. v.): see writing n.extracted from walln.1the writing on the wall a. the writing on the wall (with allusion to Daniel 5:5 and 25–28): (obvious) warning signs of impending disaster, misfortune, etc.; esp. clear indications of decline or imminent demise or destruction. Π 1663 T. Lye Serm. xx. 49 in 2nd & Last Coll. London Ministers Farewel Serm. Now his knees begin to smite together, now the Writing on the Wall, now Faelix trembles; Oh! poor soul. ?1720 J. Swift Poet. Wks. (1736) 93 A baited Banker thus desponds, From his own Hand foresees his Fall; They have his Soul who have his Bonds; 'Tis like the Writing on the Wall. 1765 W. Stevenson Orig. Poems II. 201 So have we seen..His countenance in dumb amazement fall, When he beheld the writing on the wall. 1874 R. W. Buchanan Wandering Jew vii, in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1901) II. 221 No writing on the wall disturbed the feasts Of pathic Popes and lep'rous, lech'rous Priests! 1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West viii. 211 Just try to see the thing with..your famous detachment, and you'll soon recognise the writing on the wall. You've had your fling. 1978 Lancs. Life Mar. 50/1 I was a fool not to see the writing on the wall when textile machinery manufacturers were rushing all over the world erecting spinning and weaving machinery. 2002 ‘Mistress Chloe’ Dominatrix ii. 11 The house in which I first glimpsed the proverbial writing on the wall was just like any other in Hampstead. < as lemmas |
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