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have feet of clay
Fig. [for a strong person] to have a defect of character. All human beings have feet of clay. No one is perfect. Sally was popular and successful. She was nearly fifty before she learned that she, too, had feet of clay.
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feet of clay
if you say that someone you admire has feet of clay, you mean they have hidden faults Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay.
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Caldway's 7-2 decision at Brookvale (Farley, Howlett) included a four-goal blast from Moss, with the statistics being completed by Clews, Clayes and Kayll.
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