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James Thurber

(1894--), Observer, 1 July 1956

Ashes to ashes and clay to clay, if the enemy don't get you your own folks may.

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[feet of clay] {n. phr.} A hidden fault or weakness in a person which is discovered or shown. * /The famous general showed he had feet of clay when he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[clay] See: [FEET OF CLAY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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