read the handwriting on the wall
предвидеть что-либо (подмечая детали и намёки)
I could easily read the handwriting on the wall, and I knew beforehand what was going to happen to our firm.
Другие идиомы:
- show of hands
- read out loud
- read (someone) his or her rights
- caught with one's hand in the cookie jar
- change hands
- leave (someone or something) in (someone's) hands
- put one's hands on (something)
- bite the hand that feeds (someone)
- near at hand
- cannot see one's hand in front of one's face
- off one's hands
- to be on hand
- put one's hand to the plow
- have a free hand (to do something)
- hand over (someone or something) to (someone)