英语词汇feet of clay的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

feet of clay. The phrase comes from the Old Testament (Dan. 2:31–32). There the Hebrew captain Daniel interprets a dream for Nebuchadnezzar, founder of the new Babylonian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed of a giant idol with golden head, silver arms and chest, brass thighs and body, and iron legs. Only the feet of this image, compounded of iron and potter’s clay, weren’t made wholly of metal. Daniel told Nebuchadnez- zar that the clay feet of the figure made it vulnerable, that it prophesied the breaking apart of his empire. Over the years readers of the Bible were struck with the phrase feet of clay in the story and it was used centuries ago to describe an unex- pected flaw or vulnerable point in the character of a hero or any admired person.

词汇	feet of clay
词源	feet of clay. The phrase comes from the Old Testament (Dan. 2:31–32). There the Hebrew captain Daniel interprets a dream for Nebuchadnezzar, founder of the new Babylonian Empire. Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed of a giant idol with golden head, silver arms and chest, brass thighs and body, and iron legs. Only the feet of this image, compounded of iron and potter’s clay, weren’t made wholly of metal. Daniel told Nebuchadnez- zar that the clay feet of the figure made it vulnerable, that it prophesied the breaking apart of his empire. Over the years readers of the Bible were struck with the phrase feet of clay in the story and it was used centuries ago to describe an unex- pected flaw or vulnerable point in the character of a hero or any admired person.
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