feet of clay

Example Sentences

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The place that looks like an eternal fortress turns out to have feet of clay — and I mean that literally, as you will see.

From Los Angeles Times

It doesn’t appear that Sequoia or the other investors asked the fundamental questions about FTX that would have revealed its feet of clay.

From Los Angeles Times

He came to recognize the justices’ “feet of clay,” their human appetites and frailties.

From Salon

Part of what remains invisible — in addition to the 300 feet of clay pipe installed by Metabolic Studio — is the original riverbed.

From Los Angeles Times

"The economic recovery, which is built on feet of clay, is thus beginning to falter," the survey said.

From Reuters