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词汇 writing-is-on-the-wall
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the writing is on the wall


idiom(US alsothe handwriting is on the wall)
said to mean that there are clear signs that something will fail or no longer exist已出现不祥之兆,已有厄运临头的预兆
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Failing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
the rot sets inidiom

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the writing is on the wall
Today, thewritingisonthewall for this cosy notion.
Thewritingisonthewall, the footprints are in the sand.
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Thewritingisonthewall for those schools.
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It will not disappear suddenly, but thewritingisonthewall.
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The signal has been given and thewritingisonthewall for those who want to read it.
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It is obvious that thewritingisonthewall, and can it be wondered that this is so?
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Thewritingisonthewall for them.
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I believe that thewritingisonthewall now and must be recognised.
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Thewritingisonthewall for anyone who cares to read.
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Thewritingisonthewall or, rather, it is all down in print.
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Thewritingisonthewall and the warnings steadily become more obvious.
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Verily thewritingisonthewall for our enemies if we bend our whole energies to the task.
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Some feel that thewritingisonthewall and that next summer it will be they who will be called up for three months.
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So thewritingisonthewall; let the market beware.
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Alter all, thewritingisonthewall.
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