| 单词 | the handwriting on the wall |
| 释义 | the handwriting on the wallA phrase recalling an Old Testament story about Daniel. While a king was holding the Jews (see also Jews) captive in the foreign land of Babylon (see also Babylon), in the sixth century b.c., a mysterious hand appeared, writing on the wall of the king's palace. The king called upon Daniel, who interpreted it to mean that God intended the king and his kingdom to fall. The king was slain that night. notes for the handwriting on the wallFiguratively, the expression means that some misfortune is impending: “His firing came as no surprise; he'd seen the handwriting on the wall months before.” Words nearby the handwriting on the wallThe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, Great Gatsby, The, the green-eyed monster, green light, the, The Hague, the handwriting on the wall, hard way, the, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The, the hell with, Highlands, the, honeymoon is over, the The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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