the writing is on the wall
• there are clear signs that something unpleasant or unwelcome is going to happen.
• "the writing was on the wall for the old system"
Similar:
omen,
ill omen,
bad omen,
portent,
sign,
indication,
presage,
warning,
forewarning,
foreshadowing,
forecast,
harbinger,
augury,
threat,
menace,
signal,
hint,
straw in the wind,
foretoken,
