The handwriting on the wall spoken language noun phrase
To refer to a clear sign that something bad will probably occur.
The company is going through a big downsize, and with my bad performance this month the handwriting on the wall says that I will be fired.
I did badly in the exam, so I could see the handwriting on the wall that I will fail it.
Failing two projects in a row, he is seeing the handwriting on the wall.
After having made wrong decisions, the President began to see the handwriting on the wall.
1. If you say enough bad things about someone, some of them will be believed.
2. Try many different ways or ideas, some of them will work.
To sign a document that one loses or gives up his or her property or legal rights
Said when you are not sure whether one's intention to change a bad habit is true or not
Positive signs that a situation is in the process of improvement, especially an economic situation.
To sign one's name in some documents or materials