Feet of clay 按字面解釋“泥巴做的腳”，這個意思的確令人費解，其實它的確切解釋應該是“內在缺陷、致命的弱點(a hidden weakness, usually of morals or principles)”，尤其指令人景仰的一些大人物的內在缺點，例如: "He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay."
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