FEET OF CLAY

PRONUNCIATION: (FEET ov KLAY)

MEANING: noun: A hidden weakness or flaw in someone otherwise strong and admired.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English fot (foot) + claeg (clay). Earliest documented use: 1814.
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BEET OF CLAY - It looks inviting but don't try to eat one. Especially if it's been baked.

FEET OF CLAP - gonorrhea of the great toe

FEAT OF CLAY - Henry Clay was a Great Compromiser: he brokered the Treaty of Ghent in Europe, and the Missouri Compromise in the US, among others