fall from grace

fall from grace
fall from grace
1. Lit. to sin and get on the wrong side of God. (A Christian concept.) •

It was either fall from grace or starve from lack of money. That's how thieves are made.

Given the choice between falling from grace and starving, few people choose to starve.

2. Fig. to do something wrong and get in trouble with someone other than God. •

I hear that Ted lost the Wilson contract and has fallen from grace with the boss.

The accounting firm has fallen from grace and the board is looking for a new one.

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{v. phr.} To go back to a bad way of behaving; do something bad again. * /The boys behaved well during dinner until they fell from grace by eating their dessert with their fingers instead of their forks./ * /The boy fell from grace when he lied./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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