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.

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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.

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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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