the writing is on the wall

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （看出）厄运临头的预兆，不祥之兆

   used when you are describing a situation in which there are signs that sth is going to have problems or that it is going to be a failure

   The writing is on the wall there.

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• The writing is on the wall there.Too Big to Fail2011
• Oh, so, I have thought about my writing-on-the-wall moment.Rye Lane2023
• Poor Ellen had to call us one time because her mother was writing her own bible on the walls.To the Bone2017

在完整场景里学

• 分手有缘人2023
  • 画展上笑闹又翻脸：prang out（突然慌起来）
  • 摄影展上被劝着买画：very you（非常像你的风格）
  • 初见面就互探底细：pay my dues（先吃该吃的苦）

同一词条的短语

• in writing
• be written all over face
• have written all over it
• nothing to write home about
• that's all she wrote
• not worth the paper it's written on
• write away
• write back
• write down
• write in
• write in
• write into

谚语频道里接下来

• money talks
• any port in a storm
• live to fight another day
• one good turn deserves another
• out of the mouths of babes
• you can't keep a good man down
• share and share alike
• never the twain shall meet
• down the hatch
• a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
• be easier said than done
• better safe than sorry