feet of clay
скрытый недостаток или слабость
Paul Copperfield has feet of clay and may not last very long in his new position of a manager.
Другие идиомы:
- get one's foot in the door
- get a foothold (somewhere)
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- keep one's feet on the ground
- stand on one's own two feet
- My foot!
- balls of one's feet
- regain one's feet
- think on one's feet
- have cold feet
- on one's feet
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- under (someone's) feet
- on foot
- throw oneself at (someone's) feet