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pull the rug/carpet from under someone's feet
idiom(also pull the rug/carpet out from under someone)
to suddenly take away help or support from someone, or to suddenly do something that causes many problems for them: 突然停止（对某人的）帮助（或支持）；突然（给某人）制造麻烦
Do you sometimes just have the feeling that someone is trying to pull the rug from under your feet?
When they pulled the carpet out from under her, she was devastated.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
anti-drug
anti-jamming
avoid
avoidable
avoidably
fireproof
flameproof
frustration
guard against something
hamper
hang
have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom
preclude
preclusion
preclusive
prejudice
prevent
scuttle
smother
suffocate
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