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to have feet of clay

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  • have feet of clay — mainly literary phrase if someone who you admire or respect has feet of clay, they are not perfect because they have serious faults Thesaurus: ordinary and normalsynonym Main entry: foot * * * have feet of ˈclay idiom to have a fault or weakness… …   Useful english dictionary

  • have feet of clay — mainly literary if someone who you admire or respect has feet of clay, they are not perfect because they have serious faults …   English dictionary

  • feet of clay — Etymology: so called from the feet (partly of iron and partly of clay) of the image in Nebuchadnezzar s dream in Daniel 2:33 1. : a generally concealed or unobserved but marked weakness or frailty in one hitherto idolized for qualities seemingly… …   Useful english dictionary

  • feet of clay —    If someone has feet of clay, they have flaws that make them seem more human and like normal people.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone who is admired is found to have a weakness, fault or defect of character, they are said to… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Feet of Clay (radio) — “Feet of Clay” is a program from the American radio anthology series Radio Tales . The anthology series adapted classic works of American and world literature for the radio. The series was a recipient of numerous awards, including four Gracie… …   Wikipedia

  • feet of clay — If someone has feet of clay, they have flaws that make them seem more human and like normal people …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Feet of Clay — infobox Discworld|id=19th novel ndash; 4th City Watch story characters=Ankh Morpork City Watch Havelock Vetinari locations=Ankh Morpork motifs=Cop novels, robots and artificial intelligence year=1996 publisher=Victor Gollancz ISBNH=ISBN 0 575… …   Wikipedia

  • feet of clay — if you say that someone you admire has feet of clay, you mean they have hidden faults. Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay …   New idioms dictionary

  • clay — [[t]kle͟ɪ[/t]] clays 1) N MASS: oft N n Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks. ...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire... As the wheel turned …   English dictionary

  • feet — [fēt] n. pl. of FOOT feet of clay a weakness or defect of character (in an otherwise strong person) get one s feet wet to have or get one s first experience in some activity or pursuit have one s feet on the ground to be practical, realistic, etc …   English World dictionary

  • feet — [fi:t] n the plural of ↑foot →get/have cold feet at ↑cold1 (6), feet of clay at ↑foot1 (26), have itchy feet at ↑itchy …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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