Idiom
fall from grace
Meaning
To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The famous athlete had a sudden fall from grace.”
“After the scandal broke, the politician experienced a rapid fall from grace and lost his seat in parliament.”
“The once-celebrated director suffered a public fall from grace when his final film was universally panned by critics and abandoned by his investors.”
Examples
simple
“The famous athlete had a sudden fall from grace.”
contextual
“After the scandal broke, the politician experienced a rapid fall from grace and lost his seat in parliament.”
complex
“The once-celebrated director suffered a public fall from grace when his final film was universally panned by critics and abandoned by his investors.”
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