handwriting on the wall

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But the inept followers aside — and many of them are falling to the side — there are those who see the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon

The transfer to Turkey happened, Eugen Merzbacher told me, because his father’s bosses “saw the handwriting on the wall.”

From Los Angeles Times

Once the Texas Supreme Court issued its stay last Friday, Ms. Cox saw the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon

But they could read the handwriting on the wall from the UAW’s contract settlements.

From Los Angeles Times

Michael Cohen saw the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon