| 单词 | pull the rug out from under |
| 释义 | pull the rug out from underRemove all support and assistance from, usually suddenly. For example, Stopping his allowance pulled the rug out from under him, forcing him to look for a job. This metaphoric term alludes to pulling on a rug a person is standing on so that he or she falls. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby pull the rug out from underpull someone's leg, pull something, pull strings, pull tab, pull the plug on, pull the rug out from under, pull the wool over someone's eyes, pull through, pull together, pull-top, pullulate The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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