Examples of 'feet of clay' in a sentence
Meaning of "feet of clay"
The phrase 'feet of clay' is used metaphorically to describe someone who appears strong or admirable but has a hidden flaw or vulnerability. It suggests that despite their outward appearance, they have a weakness or vulnerability
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- In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall.
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And heroes never did have feet of clay.
Feet of clay are heavy to carry around.
The idyll may have feet of clay.
I guess feet of clay are pretty much standard equipment everywhere.
And you ran with feet of clay.
The idol with feet of clay has finally been toppled.
Many of our idols have feet of clay.
I got feet of clay too.
Men and women have feet of clay.
Feet of clay.
He is just another idol with feet of clay.
Mere idle mortals may have feet of clay but mortal idols sometimes have feet of.
That their great hero has feet of clay.
I got feet of clay too . so i swiped her purse.
Why did he show his feet of clay deliberately.
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Sometimes the people we look up to do have feet of clay.
But he has feet of clay.
By then it had become clear that this giant too had feet of clay.
They are a colossus with feet of clay and they know it.
Israel has been exposed as a giant with feet of clay.
To see the feet of clay of our idols, if you wish.
The player had feet of clay.
A government which does not tolerate contradiction represents a political philosophy that stands on feet of clay.
The giant had feet of clay.
The heroes whom a novice had loved and admired turn out to have feet of clay.
My idol had feet of clay.
The countries of Europe have become elephants with feet of clay.
Look, I will be a winner with feet of clay like Mickey Mantle.
John Wayne was my hero and the marshall boys gave him feet of clay.
Hydrocarbon contamination had penetrated ten feet of clay and had settled on the bedrock.
Sainjon goods, and it will very quickly become an idol with feet of clay.
I got feet of clay too, buddy.
We will bury them beneath our feet of clay.
Have I got feet of clay or something?
Realizing that your parents have feet of clay.
I got feet of clay too, buddy. So I swiped her purse.
India is a giant with feet of clay.
Until this dimension is fully achieved, political union itself will have feet of clay.
I look for the feet of clay.
Without a strong capacity for innovation and creativity, even a giant has feet of clay.
The administration of Mahmoud Abbas stands on feet of clay - American and Israeli feet.
Riyadh may yet retain the reputation of a financial giant, but a giant with feet of clay.
What is it? Have I got feet of clay or something?
She wrote about this journey in her book Feet of Clay.
Our heroes have feet of clay.
Sworn in by Fred Colon during the events of Feet of Clay.
Giant with Feet of Clay '.
But at the same time, every human being has feet of clay.
Then his followers will see that he has feet of clay and turn from him.
The communist system finally revealed itself, like a colossus with feet of clay.
