feet of clay

[Gilbo]

where does the saying "feet of clay" come from?

[pinus]

one definition http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/feetofclay.html

[JohnPPotts]

It's Biblical - Book of Daniel, Chapter 2. The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezza had a dream of a statue with a head of gold and progressively inferior materials going down to its feet of clay. A rock then arrives and smashes the statue's feet of clay, causing the whole statue to fall. It is meant to represent the successivly weaker Empires ruling the land of Israel.