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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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cut the ground from under somebody’s feet
cut the ground from under somebody’s feet
What is the origin of this idiom?
What is the origin of this idiom?
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I can only guess that it might have been born at the time hangings were initiated by opening a trapdoor beneath the feet of the convict. A similar one involves ‘kicking the bucket’. In its idiom form, it means to remove someone’s support or dependence upon something—such as by discrediting it.
- I can only guess that it might have been born at the time hangings were initiated by opening a trapdoor beneath the feet of the convict.
- A similar one involves ‘kicking the bucket’.
- In its idiom form, it means to remove someone’s support or dependence upon something—such as by discrediting it.
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I can only guess that it might have been born at the time hangings were initiated by opening a trapdoor beneath the feet of the convict. A similar one involves ‘kicking the bucket’.
In its idiom form, it means to remove someone’s support or dependence upon something—such as by discrediting it.
In its idiom form, it means to remove someone’s support or dependence upon something—such as by discrediting it.
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