OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44672

feet of clay

Meanings (ES + gloss)
pies de barro
In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall.
He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
Those Pagod things of sabre-sway, / With fronts of brass, and feet of clay.
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