| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Handwriting on the Wall | Literature | (The). An announcement of some coming calamity. The allusion is to the handwriting on Belshazzar's palace-wall announcing the loss of his kingdom. (Dan. v. 5-31.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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