Idiom: The Writing Is on the Wall

failure is clearly coming

Examples

• The writing is on the wall for the shop.

Key rules

• The writing is on the wall means failure or change is clearly coming
• It is used with "is" and "for": the writing is on the wall for the shop
• It is a figurative idiom
• The phrase uses "on the wall"

Common mistakes

• The writing is in the wall → The writing is on the wall