Crossword clues for feet of clay
feet of clay
Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could cause his or her downfall.
Wikipedia
Feet of Clay is the nineteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1996. The story follows the members of the City Watch, as they attempt to solve murders apparently committed by a golem, as well as the unusual poisoning of the Patrician, Lord Vetinari.
The title is a figure of speech from Hebrew scripture (see feet of clay) and the script used in the book to represent Morporkian being written by a golem resembles the Hebrew alphabet, a reference to golems' origins in Jewish folklore.
Feet of Clay may refer to:
- Feet of clay, someone who appears strong or invincible, but who actually has a hidden weak point that could cause their demise
- Feet of Clay, a 1917 film starring Barney Fury
- Feet of Clay (1924 film), a 1924 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that is now considered to be lost
- Feet of Clay (1960 film), a 1960 British film produced by Danziger Productions
- Feet of Clay (2007 film), a 2007 short film produced by Daisy 3 Pictures
- Feet of Clay (novel), a 1996 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
- "Feet of Clay" (Kate McPhelim Cleary short story), an 1893 short story by Kate McPhelim Cleary
- "Feet of Clay" (P. G. Wodehouse short story), an 1950 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
Feet of Clay was a 1924 American silent drama film directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Vera Reynolds and Rod La Rocque, and with set design by Norman Bel Geddes. The film is based on the novel by Margaretta Tuttle, and Beulah Marie Dix's one-act play Across the Border. Feet of Clay is now considered lost.
Feet of Clay is an 2007 short film produced by Daisy 3 Pictures.
Feet of Clay was written by David Caudle, and was first produced in 2005 as a play for the Samuel French Festival at the Chernuchin Theatre in New York City.
Feet of Clay is a 1960 British crime film directed by Frank Marshall, written by Mark Grantham, and starring Vincent Ball, Wendy Williams and Hilda Fenemore. A newly barred lawyer represents a confessed murderer of a beloved probation officer, but all is not as it seems.
Usage examples of "feet of clay".
Here, for my head of gold, my breast of silver, my legs of iron and my feet of clay.
That had been the pivot, the moment in which the rock had begun rolling toward his feet of clay-begun with rumbled warnings the stroke which had cut him off as severely as a surgeon attacking gangrene.
She keyed to Cachat's channel, feeling obscurely unhappy that the man was proving to have feet of clay, after all.
We became hip, struggled to include the disenfranchised, marched for peace, and learned, painfully, that we and our leaders sometimes had feet of clay.
Reason told him the creature had already shown feet of clay, yet the feeling that here was an invincible being persisted.