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動詞

fall from grace (三人称単数 現在形 falls from grace, 現在分詞 falling from grace, 過去形 fell from grace, 過去分詞 fallen from grace)

1. (Christianity) To lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.
2. (figuratively, idiomatic) To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.
   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-04:

     The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.

   His father fell from grace with the emperor.

   The cyclist fell from grace because of steroids and lies.