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 to one's feet
- keep one's feet on the ground
- sweep (someone) off his or her feet
- get one's foot in the door
- stand on one's own two feet
- have cold feet
- put one's best foot forward
- play footsie (with someone)
- follow in (someone's) footsteps
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- get a foothold (somewhere)
- start off on the wrong foot
- shoot oneself in the foot
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- have foot-in-mouth disease