This expression comes from The Bible (Daniel 5:5-31), in which the prophet interprets some mysterious writing that a disembodied hand has inscribed on the palace wall, telling King Belshazzar that he will be overthrown.
The phrase 'come full circle' refers to getting back to the original position or the original state of affairs. The origin of the phrase is unknown, but is used in the Western world.
Ezekiel, chapter 3, verses 8 and 9
The phrase "forty winks" comes from an issue of Punch Magazine in 1872. This article was describing the Articles of Faith found in the Church of England.
Turn in "go to bed" is attested from 1695, originally nautical.
Winston Churchill coined the phrase iron curtain. The iron curtain referred to the Berlin Wall which separated Eastern and Western Europe. The Berlin Wall goes right through the center of Berlin, Germany.
The origin of this phrase "Driving you up the wall" is British. Meaning to aggravate someone to the point of doing the impossible.
The phrase is actually usually written as "writing on the wall". This refers to something that should have been seen, that someone overlooked. It's a type of foreshadowing.
See Wikipedia story and origin of the phrase "writing on the wall".
Daniel interpreted the 'handwriting on the wall' for King Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1-31)
He was the only person able to decipher the handwriting.
Benson - 1979 Handwriting on the Wall 2-19 was released on: USA: 10 April 1981
my b utt is crack
my b utt is crack
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
"The handwriting was on the wall", after the TET offensive of '68.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
Belshazzar's kingdom will be taken and divided.