English Dictionary

pull the rug out from under

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To suddenly remove support from.

日本語の意味

突然支援や基盤を取り去ることで、対象を不利な状況に陥れる / 支えを突如撤し、計画や状況を急変させる / 予期せぬ形で支援を失わせ、困難な状態に陥れる

Don't pull the rug out from under me after I've worked so hard; tell me if the plan is changing.

こんなに一生懸命働いた後で、私の足元をすくうようなことはしないでください。計画が変わるなら教えてください。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To suddenly remove support from.

But his organisation has been knocked off course by unexpected events: an economic downturn and 'austerity'... the Croydon tram crash... Brexit... and now a global pandemic that has pulled the rug from beneath Transport for London's feet.

pulls the rug out from under （ present singular third-person ）

pulling the rug out from under （ participle present ）

pulled the rug out from under （ participle past ）

pulled the rug out from under （ past ）