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Specialty Expressions: HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

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Handwriting on the WallLiterature(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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