English-Danish translations for feet of clay

• lerfødder
  Hr. formand, også vedrørende Albanien har Europa gjort indtryk af at være en økonomisk kolos på politiske lerfødder. Mr President, yet again in the case of Albania, Europe looked like an economic giant with political feet of clay.
  Men jeg er alligevel bange for, at tillidspagten vil vise sig at være en kolos på lerfødder, fordi jeg stadig ikke rigtig kan se nogen pagt. But I am rather afraid that the confidence pact will seem to be an idol with feet of clay, because I still do not see any real pact.
  Freden i Bosnien-Hercegovina står fortsat på lerfødder og ville uden den nuværende internationale hjælp desværre ikke holde. Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina still has feet of clay and would, unfortunately, not hold fast without the current international support.

Definition of feet of clay

• In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall

Examples

• He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.

Related words

• lay something at the feet of
• at the feet of
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• sweep someone off their feet
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• take a load off your feet
• washing of feet