feet of clay

Example Sentences

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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 • Oct. 11, 2023

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

From Reuters • May 8, 2023

PSG are described by someone who deals regularly with them as a "club with feet of clay, outwardly strong but with severe weakness under the surface".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

I believe that Egypt has feet of clay in the Arab world.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2021

He and the other boys run around in the mud; large extra feet of clay stick to the soles of their boots, leaving tracks like monsters.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood