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Feet of clay

noun

Definitions

1.nounIn someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall.
"He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay."

Synonyms

weaklingdiamond in the roughcandle in the windglass jawbone in one's bodyfeeblingsoft underbellythorn in the fleshslender reedmeat on one's bonesfoibleserpent
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