The writing/Finger on the Wall

　　The writing/Finger on the Wall不详之兆;大祸临头

　　这个成语的字面意思是“墙上的文字(或手指)”，而实际含义是a sign or warning of impending disaster(迫在眉睫的凶兆);a sign that sth bad will happen; a feeling that ones number is up;等等。

　　英语中这个成语有几种表达方式：the writing/handwriting on the wall或a finger on the wall,通常与be，like等系动词连用;有时写成see/read the writing on he wall的句型，表示提出警告,such as on't you see the writing on the wall, 有时候也可省略on　the　wall，只说Don't you see the writing?意思也是一样的

　　eg:This inexplicable incident seemed,like the Babylonian finger on the wall,to be spelling out the letter of my judgement...

　　In this house of his there was writing on every wall.His business-like temperament protested against a mysterious warning that she was not made for him.