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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It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context We have all feet of clay, women as well as men; but when we men love women, we love them knowing their weaknesses, their follies, their imperfections, love them all the more, it may be, for that reason. An Ideal Husband by Wilde, Oscar View in context			feel in bones feel it beneath feel like feel like a million feel like a new person feel like doing feel oats feel of feel on top of the world feel out feel out of things feel pinched feel sick to stomach feel somehow about feel the pinch feel up feel up to feel way feel with feeling feeling no pain feeling okay feeling okay? feeling puny feet feet of clay feet on the ground fell fellow felt female of the species is more deadly than the male fence fence an animal in fence in fence off fence out fend fend for fend off fender fender bender ferret out ferry ferry across ferry around fess up festoon with fetch fetch in fetch out of fetch up			fees simple fees simple fees simple fees tail fees tail fees tail fees tail fees tails fees tails fees tails fees tails FEESA Feese Feese FEESP FEESS FEESST FEEST feet feet feet feet feet feet feet Feet Above Mean Sea Level Feet Above Sea Level Feet and Legs Feet binding Feet Forward feet of clay Feet of Flames Feet of Fresh Water Feet of Seawater Feet on Street feet on the ground Feet on the Street Feet Per Day Feet Per Hour Feet Per Mile Feet Per Minute Feet Per Nautical Mile Feet Per Revolution Feet per second Feet Per Second Per Second Feet Up, Take a Break Feet Zoom Level Feet-binding Feet/-2 Feet/-3 Feet^2 Feet^3 Feet² Feet³ Feetbinding

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