Definitions | writing on the wall |
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- An ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.
- He could see the months before the business failed.
Etymology: From the biblical story in the w:Book of Daniel, 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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