Feet of clay is a phrase that refers to someone who appears strong or invincible, but who actually has a hidden weak point that could cause their demise. It is from Daniel 2:31-32 in the Bible.
Feet of Clay also may refer to:
- 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 (short story), a 1893 short story by American author Kate McPhelim Cleary
Famous quotes containing the words feet and/or clay:
“Our loss put six feet under ground
Is measured by the magnolia’s root;
Our gain’s the intellectual sound
Of death’s feet round a weedy tomb.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“You may melt your metals and cast them into the most beautiful moulds you can; they will never excite me like the forms which this molten earth flows out into. And not only it, but the institutions upon it are plastic like clay in the hands of the potter.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)