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Feet Clay Admired Found Weakness Fault Defect Character

Phrase/Idiom feet of clay
Definition If someone who is admired is found to have a weakness, fault or defect of character, they are said to have feet of clay.
Example No one is perfect. Every man has feet of clay.

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