handwriting-on-the-wall vs nigh

handwriting-on-the-wall

nigh

adj

  • Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. 

adv

  • Almost, nearly. 

verb

  • to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near 

prep

  • near; close to 

How often have the words handwriting-on-the-wall and nigh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )