feet of clay

feet of clay什么意思,feet of clay翻译

基本解释

na.: 泥足；外强中干的；伟人或受崇拜者不为人所知的弱点

英汉解释

• 不安定的基础

例句

• had to resign after being caught having an affair with his secretary. Like some of his predecessors, he was found to have feet of clay.

  这位内阁大臣在与秘书私通时被抓住，他不得不辞职。如同他的几位前任一样，他也原形毕露了。

• Without a strong capacity for innovation and creativity, even a giant has feet of clay.

  如果没有强劲的改革与创新能力，即使是经济巨人也会存在致命弱点。

• I believed him to be honest but his actions showed that he had feet of clay.

  我原以为他是个诚实的人，然而他的举动却显示出他有不为人知的缺点。

• Man is a fool. And he thinks he"ll be okay, dragging on feet of clay, never knowing he"s astray. Keeps on going anyway.

  人们真傻，总以为自己的会没事，一直错下去，却不知道他已经迷失了方向。

• He was disillusioned to find that all the heroes of his youth had feet of clay.

  他发现年轻时所崇拜的人物都有缺点，这令他大失所望。

• Feet of clay, indeed; but Mr Miller does not chide his dozen unduly.

  人无完人，的确是这样，但是米勒先生对笔下的12位哲学家并没有求全责备。

• Why are people always surprised when they discover that their heroes have feet of clay?

  为什么人们发现他们心目中的英雄也有弱点时总是那么吃惊呢？

• The earth 1 In this great temple deserted by the gods, all my idols have feet of clay.

  地球！在这个被神遗弃的伟大的寺庙里，所有我的偶像都是有着不为人知的品性上的缺点的。

• All human beings have feet of clay, no one is perfect.

  所有的人都有脚上泥。

• Even fathers are ordinary merl with feet of clay.

  即便是父亲也是具有弱点的普通人。