writing on the wall

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈwɔːl/    美 /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ ɑn ðə ˈwɔl/|[ˈɹaɪ̯ɾɪŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck. countable,idiomatic,uncountable
    — He could see the writing on the wall months before the business failed.

词形变化

writings on the wall plural writings on walls plural handwriting on the wall alternative

词源

From the Biblical story in Daniel 5, where, during a feast held by King Belshazzar, a hand suddenly appears and writes on a wall the following Aramaic words: מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין (mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn, “numbered, numbered, weighed, and they are divided”) (Daniel 5:25). Daniel interprets the words as pointing to the downfall of the Babylonian Empire.
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