字幕表 動画を再生する 英語字幕をプリント Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 274. Tthe idiom today is the writing on the wall. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. This idiom could also be rephrased as the handwriting on the wall or the writing is on the wall. So there are actually three ways you could say it . You can say the writing on the wall. The handwriting is on the wall or just the writing is on the wall. So you might hear it all three ways. Okay. Let's continue The idiom means that there are some very clear signs that something bad is likely to happen in the near future. Okay. The origin of this phrase comes directly from the Bible. So it's a Bible story. According to the story, a great feast was being held for King Belshazzar. Okay. The king had often sinned and he was taking part in drunk revelry. You know, partying and disrespecting the sacred... sacred meaning like holy wine goblets. Like, like these cups I guess they were supposedly , maybe they should have been used for religious purposes. But you know, he was just drinking and getting drunk from them so the goblets in a ... in a profane way. So in a very disrespectful way. Even though, I'm sure there's a lot more than than this. Suddenly a mysterious disembodied hand appeared. So a hand by itself no body. Disembodied means not having a body. You know, it reminds you of .. you a little bit about you know the old TV show "The Addams Family. " Remember there used to be a hand that ran around on its own. Well that's, that's what this is a disembodied hand just appeared and started writing on the wall. Yeah. That's enough to really scare you or kind of freaked somebody out today. If you just seen a hand by itself writing on the wall. But anyway, a mysterious disembodied hand appeared and wrote some words on the wall. Okay. And they, they couldn't really make sense of it so the king called for Daniel you know this is Daniel from the Book of Daniel in the Bible. So remember he was able to interpret dreams and stuff. So he was also able to interpret this for the king. Okay. He was asked to interpret the words. And he told the king it was a sign of his coming downfall. So that you know, his end was coming soon. Later that same night, the king was killed and Darius of Persia took control of his kingdom. So this is the idea where the writing is on the wall. So it's already there. It's already set. You know, nothing you could do about it. That's it. That's your fate. That's your destiny. Whatever oh really in this case it really should be your fate. That's what's coming. So it's probably too late to reverse it. Okay. Good. So let's look at how we might use it. We have a couple of examples here how we use this phrase today. Bob could see the writing on the wall. There were too many signs his present company was going bankrupt or at least they may go bankrupt. So he decided to look for another job before he went down with the ship. So if he waited too late he'd probably lose his job right away. And he wouldn't you know, probably take him a long time to find another job so he started looking now he didn't want to go down with the ship. So he could see the writing on the wall. He said then I got to prepare before time. This , this company's not going to be around that much longer. Okay. Number two here. We could say we've kind of used this example for other phrases too. Albert Einstein could see the writing on the wall, but it's actually perfect here. After Hitler took power and he decided to leave Germany before the Nazis gained too much power and it would be too late for him. So yeah he could see the writing on the wall. He could see, if I stay here, forget it. You know, they're probably going to come after me. Because of course we all know Albert Einstein was a German Jew. So they would have went ... probably would have eventually went after him . I don't think they would have made an exception for him. He could see the writing on the wall. So he got out before it was too late. Anyway,, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
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