Question of the Day #903

"We don't want to have all worked very hard during Covid and after Covid and then let this pull the rug from under our feet."

From the headline of this article at the Chronicle Live.

  上記の文で、pull the rug from underの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "pull the rug from under" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. （人）への援助［支援］を急に［突然］やめる［中止する・打ち切る］
2. 〔援助・支持を突然やめて〕（人）をつまずかせる、（人）の足をすくう

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To suddenly or unexpectedly remove or rescind support, help, or assistance from someone; to abruptly leave someone in a problematic or difficult situation.

 

Examples

• Do you sometimes just have the feeling that someone is trying to pull the rug from under your feet?
• I felt like someone had pulled the rug out from under me when my health insurance said it was going to stop paying for my medical bills.
• I'd love to quit my job, but I just can't pull the rug from under my team like that.
• The only snag is she could be pulling the rug out from under her own feet. The Sun (2010)
• Yet at other times, just when you think this book is on your side, it pulls the rug out from under your feet. Times, Sunday Times (2015)

   

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