writing 관용구

handwriting on the wall

a sign that something bad will happen The handwriting is on the wall. Business conditions are bad so probably nobody will get a pay raise this year.

in writing

written and signed, in black and white The company guarantees this pen for life. I have it in writing.

the handwriting is on the wall

the message is clear, the conclusion is obvious I tell my students the handwriting is on the wall: learn how to learn.

see the handwriting on the wall

Idiom(s): see the (hand)writing on the wall

Theme: PERCEPTION

to know that something is certain to happen.
• If you don't improve your performance, they'll fire you. Can't you see the writing on the wall?
• I know I'll get fired. I can see the handwriting on the wall.

read the handwriting on the wall

Idiom(s): read the handwriting on the wall

Theme: PREDICTION

to anticipate what is going to happen by observing small hints and clues.
• I know I am going to be fired. I can read the handwriting on the wall.
• Can't you read the handwriting on the wall? Can't you see what they are planning?

Handwriting like chicken scratch

If your handwriting is very hard to read, it is like chicken scratch.

Writing on the wall

If the writing's on the wall for something, it is doomed to fail.

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n. phr. A sign that something bad will happen. When Bill's team lost four games in a row, he saw the handwriting on the wall. John's employer had less and less work for him; John could read the handwriting on the wall and looked for another job.

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n. phr., literary A warning; a message of some urgency. "This nuclear plant is about to explode, I think," the chief engineer said. "We'd better get out of here in a hurry, the handwriting is on the wall."

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see the handwriting on the wall
to foresee impending disaster or misfortune: Dan. 5:5-28