The Collaborative International Dictionary
The handwriting on the wall
Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.
The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.
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That which is written by hand; manuscript.
The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster.
--Dan. v. 5.
Usage examples of "the handwriting on the wall".
Pius IX was back, it was true, supported by the might of a foreign power, but the fact wasand Pius knew itthat the handwriting on the wall of the Lateran Palace was finally indelible.