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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER SOMEONE'S FEET»
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1
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
In North America the idiom is break ground. cut the ground from under someone's
feet do something Which leaves someone Without a reason or justification for
their actions or opinions. informal get in on the ground floor become part of an ...
2
A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To cut the ground from under someone's feet (ODEP 164; MP 273) 1857
LIVINGSTONE: He is cutting the ground from under my feet. (II, 1, p. 17)
Boucicault, Dion. The Streets of New York: A Drama, in Five Acts. New York:
Samuel French, ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Little Red Book of Idioms and Phrases
... numbers or amounts Break new(or fresh) ground Do somethinginnovative
which is considered and advance or positive benefit Cut the ground from under
someone's feet Do something which leaves someone withouta reason or
justification ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
In North America the idiom is break ground. cut the ground from under someone's
feet do something which leaves someone without a reason or justification for their
actions or opinions. informal get in on the ground floor become part of an ...
5
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
... movement of his long dark ears. ground break new ground do something
innovative and beneficial. cut the ground from under someone's feet do
something which leaves someone without a reason for their actions or opinions.
get something ...
6
Colloquial Dutch 2:
The Next Step in Language Learning
... inter alia this seemed to me it takes a lot of getting used to quite a different
matter golly no/for heaven's sake, no to cut the ground from under someone's feet
to work as a casual (rung up when needed) to no longer be the case Werk | 53.
Gerda Bodegom, Bruce Donaldson, 2005
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Oxford Dictionary of English
1 do preparatory digging or other work prior to building or planting something. 2
another term for BREAK NEW GROUND below. break new (or fresh) ground do
something innovative and beneficial. cut the ground from under someone's feet
do ...
... cut the ground from under someone [something^ [kAtda graund framAndar ~] 0
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the ground from under someone's feet [kAtda graund fra mAndar ~ «rt] ...
John G. McCaleb, 安田一郎, Edward Seidensticker, 1983
... cut the ground from under someone's feet to destroy someone's chances of
success by taking his ideas, or acting before him Mjfttt*«AMftM;£ffttA: They cut the
ground from under my feel by printing a story on the same subject the week
before ...
普罗克特 (Procter, Paul), 1988
... ground to cover the ground to deal with everything required to be dealt with to
cut the ground from under someone's feet to anticipate someone's arguments or
ideas and dispose of them before they are put forward to. fall to the ground to fail,
...
