fall from grace

fall from grace
a) to lose Gods favour through sins or wrongdoings
b) to fall from ones current social position to something lower, to lose ones prestige, status and power

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  • fall from grace — {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

  • fall from grace — {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

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  • Fall from grace — To fall from grace is an idiom referring to a loss of status, respect, or prestige. It may also refer to:* The biblical fall from grace, from which the idiom originated;Literature * Fall from Grace , a novel by Andrew M. Greeley * The fall from… …   Wikipedia

  • fall from grace — verb revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert • Hypernyms: ↑misbehave, ↑misconduct, ↑misdemean • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * fall from grace see …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fall from Grace (EP) — Infobox Album Name = Fall From Grace 7 Type = EP Artist = Ensign Released = June, 1997 Recorded = 1997, New Jersey, U.S. Genre = Hardcore punk Length = 8:13 Label = Indecision Records Producer = Pete Koller Reviews = Last album = Self Titled 7 EP …   Wikipedia

  • Fall from Grace — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Fall from Grace est une chanson d Amanda Marshall. Fall from Grace est un téléfilm réalisé en 1990 par Karen Arthur. Fall from Grace est un album de Death …   Wikipédia en Français

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