See the Writing on the Wall 難道是「看到牆上的文字」！

Writing in the wall could be illegal.

在牆上寫字可能是非法的。

這個短語跟牆上的字有什麼關係呢，下面我們看看這個對話來尋找答案吧：

情景對話：

A: I can』t believe they』ve canceled apartment of cards, I was really enjoying that series!why? Why?

A: 我真不敢相信他們取消了《紙牌屋》，我真的很喜歡這個電視劇!為什麼?為什麼?

B: I』m not surprised.

B: 我可並不驚訝。

A: What do you mean? How could you have known about that? Even the cast didn』t know!

A: 你是什麼意思？你怎麼知道的？連演員都不知道!

B: I didn』t know either. But the main actor has been in the news a lot, and not for good reasons. I saw the writing on the wall.

B: 我也不知道，但這位主要演員一直在新聞中出現很多次，而不是出於好的理由。這不是好的徵兆。

總結

The expression 「to see the writing on the wall」 refers to a sign or warning. When you say this, you suspect that something bad is going to happen. It comes from a Bible story, in which mysterious writing on a wall wants that a king』s rule is about to end. And then it happens.

「to see the writing on the wall」這個短語指的是標誌或警告。當你說這個的時候，你懷疑有什麼不好的事情將要發生。它來自一個聖經故事，牆上神秘的文字預示著一個國王的統治即將結束。後來這個事真的發生了。

舉個例子

See the Writing on the Wall

表面意思是人們看到牆上寫的字，延伸出來就是「災禍將臨的預兆，不祥之兆」

1

It is amazing that not one of them saw the writing on the wall.

令人吃驚的是他們就沒有一個人看出大難臨頭的預兆。

2

The official saw the writing on the wall and fled the country.

這個官員預感到自己將有大難，立即逃到了國外。

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