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:
- have one foot in the grave
- set foot (somewhere)
- wait on (someone) hand and foot
- have foot-in-mouth disease
- put one's foot down (about something)
- get one's foot in the door
- get to one's feet
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- on one's feet
- think on one's feet
- start off on the wrong foot
- play footsie (with someone)
- land on one's feet/both feet
- have a foot in both camps
- get off on the wrong foot